• n. 暗示；线索
• vt. 暗示；示意
• vi. 示意
• n. (Hint)人名；(英)欣特；(法)安特

来自中古英语hinten,告知，通知，来自古英语hentan,抓住，词源同hunt.引申词义暗示。

hint (n.)

c. 1600, apparently from obsolete hent, from Middle English hinten "to tell, inform" (c. 1400), from Old English hentan "to seize," from Proto-Germanic *hantijan (cognates: Gothic hinþan "to seize"), related to hunt (v.). Modern sense and spelling first attested in Shakespeare.

hint (v.)

1640s, from hint (n.). Related: Hinted; hinting.

1. "I think I hear the telephone ringing."—"Okay, I can take a hint."

“我想我听到电话铃在响。”——“好的，我明白你的意思了。”

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2. She'd never received the merest hint of any communication from him.

她从未得到他准备沟通的一丁点儿暗示。

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3. Diana took the hint and left them to it.

戴安娜会意，任由他们自己去解决。

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4. "What a pity," Graham said with a hint of sarcasm.

“太遗憾了，”格雷厄姆略带挖苦地说道。

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5. They neglect their duty at the least hint of fun elsewhere.

别处哪怕发生一丁点儿乐事，他们便会忘记自己的职责。

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