inkling
英 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
美 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
n. (对正在或即将发生的事的)略知
复数：inklings
BNC.14460 / COCA.15544
牛津词典
noun
- （对正在或即将发生的事的）略知
a slight knowledge of sth that is happening or about to happen- He had no inkling of what was going on.
他对正在发生的事情一无所知。 - The first inkling I had that something was wrong was when I found the front door wide open.
我发现前门大开着时就隐约感觉到出了事。
- He had no inkling of what was going on.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 略知;模糊的概念
If you havean inkling ofsomething, you have a vague idea about it.- I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later...
直到后来很久我才对他的真实目的略知一二。 - We had an inkling that something might be happening.
我们隐约感觉可能正有什么事情发生。
- I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later...
英英释义
noun
- a slight suggestion or vague understanding
- he had no inkling what was about to happen
双语例句
- This of course means that you've got to have an inkling of what's important to her.
当然，这意味着你首先应该知道什么东西对她来说是重要的。 - She had no inkling that he was going to leave.
她丝毫不知他要走了。 - I had an inkling of what he intended to do.
我略知他打算做什麽。 - We had an inkling that something might be happening.
我们隐约感觉可能正有什么事情发生。 - But we had little inkling just how dangerous this city would be for our boys.
但我们全然没有料到，这个城市对我们的孩子会有多么危险。 - As for me, I began to have an inkling.
至于我，我开始有点开窍了。 - He must have had some inkling of what was happening.
他一定知道一点正在发生的事情。 - When I visited China in1986, we had no inkling that the Cold War was so close to its end and we knew little then of the significance of global warming.
1986年，当我访问中国的时候，我们当时一点都没有意识到冷战那么快就要结束了，当时对于全球变暖的问题的重要性也知之甚少。 - I've got an inkling of what is happening.
我对目前发生的事略有所知。 - Investigators have only an inkling of how many phytochemicals exist and how they work.
调查人员只对它们的多少以及它们是如何工作的情况略知端倪。