insinuate
/ɪnˈsɪnjʊeɪt/verb
with obj.
1
- suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an indirect and unpleasant way暗指, 暗示（坏事, 可鄙的事）：
with clause he was insinuating that she slept her way to the top.他在暗示她靠跟人睡觉才爬到了上层。
2
insinuate oneself into
manoeuvre oneself into (a position of favour or office) by subtle manipulation耍手段占得（有利地位）; 耍花招获得（官位）; 钻营：he insinuated himself into the king's confidence.
他玩弄手段获得了国王的信任。
2.1
- with obj. and adverbial of direction slide (oneself or a thing) slowly and smoothly into a position使（自己, 某物）缓慢平稳地滑入：
I insinuated my shoulder in the gap.
我慢慢将肩膀伸进缺口。
派生词
insinuatingly
adverbinsinuator
noun词源
early 16th cent. （used in legal contexts in the sense 'enter (a document) on the official register'）： from Latin insinuat- 'introduced tortuously', from the verb insinuare, from in- 'in' + sinuare 'to curve'.