suggest
/səˈdʒest/verb
reporting verb
1- put forward for consideration建议：
with clause I suggest that we wait a day or two我建议我们等一两天
with direct speech 'Maybe you ought to get an expert,' she suggested“也许你应该找个专家”, 她建议说
with obj. Ruth suggested a holiday.鲁思建议去度假。
1.1
- with obj. cause one to think that (something) exists or is the case使人想到, 使人联想到：
finds of lead coffins suggested a cemetery north of the river
这些铅棺的发现使人联想到河的北面的一块墓地
with clause the temperature wasn't as tropical as the bright sunlight may have suggested.尽管阳光灿烂, 但气温实际上并没有想象的那么高。
1.2
- state or express indirectly暗示; 委婉地说：
with clause are you suggesting that I should ignore her?你在暗示我应当不理睬她吗？
with obj. the seduction scenes suggest his guilt and her loneliness.这些诱惑的场面暗示了他的罪过和她的寂寞。
1.3
- with obj. evoke唤起, 引起：
the theatrical interpretation of weather and water almost suggests El Greco.
这种对天气和水的戏剧性诠释令人想起埃尔·格雷可。
1.4
suggest itself
(of an idea) come into one's mind想起（一个念头）。
派生词
suggester
noun词源
early 16th cent.: from Latin suggest-'suggested, prompted', from the verb suggerere, from sub- 'from below' + gerere 'bring'.