suggest

单词辨析:

imply hint insinuate intimate suggest 【导航词义:暗示】
imply v. 暗示,暗指
〔辨析〕

指间接表达自己的所感所想,而非直接说明。

〔例证〕

His smile implied his consent.

他的微笑暗示他同意。

She implied that she was the one in charge of the whole project.

她暗示她是整个计划的负责人。

hint v. 暗示
〔辨析〕

指通过间接的言语或行动来暗示某事。

〔例证〕

He strongly hinted that he might run for the position of mayor.

他强烈暗示他可能要竞选市长。

She had no idea what her friend was hinting at.

她不知道她的朋友在暗示什么。

insinuate v. 暗示,暗指
〔辨析〕

指暗示令人不愉快的内容,尤暗指某人不诚实。

〔例证〕

He insinuated that the boy was lying to her.

他暗指那个男孩在对她说谎。

Do you know what she was trying to insinuate?

你知道她想暗示什么吗?

intimate v. [正式]暗示,提示
〔辨析〕

指间接地表达出自己的意思,而非直接说明。

〔例证〕

He has intimated to me his wish to resign.

他向我暗示过他想辞职。

She vaguely intimated that she couldn't invite them to the party.

她含糊地暗示无法邀请他们参加聚会。

suggest v. 暗示,暗指
〔辨析〕

指隐晦而间接地表达某事。

〔例证〕

Are you suggesting that you are smarter than her?

你言下之意是说你比她聪明吗?

She would never suggest such a thing.

她根本不会有这样的意思。

recommend commend suggest 【导航词义:推荐】
recommend v. 推荐,介绍
〔辨析〕

指向别人介绍很好或很有用的事物,也指举荐某人,常用于 recommend sb/sth to sb 结构中。

〔例证〕

If you go to that restaurant, I recommend candied sweet potato - it's really delicious.

如果你去那家餐厅,我推荐拔丝地瓜,真的很好吃。

Can you recommend an experienced English teacher?

你能推荐一位经验丰富的英语老师吗?

She recommended this movie to anyone with an interest in the Tudors.

她把这部电影推荐给对都铎王朝感兴趣的人。

Why did he recommend you for the directorship?

他为什么推荐你担任董事?

〔小贴士〕

可以说 recommend that sb do sth 或 recommend doing sth,但不可以说 recommend sb doing。

We recommend that you ask Jim for advice.

我们建议你咨询一下吉姆。

If you are free on Friday, we recommend visiting the national museum.

如果你周五没什么事的话,我们建议你参观国家博物馆。

此外,切记recommend不可后接双宾语,即不可说recommendsbsth。

commend v. [正式]推荐,推崇
〔辨析〕

指告诉别人某人或某物很好或值得关注。

〔例证〕

This novel has much to commend it.

这本小说很值得推荐。

The manager commended this report to us.

经理向我们推荐这份报告。

suggest v. 推荐,举荐
〔辨析〕

指推荐可供选择的合适对象,常用于suggest sb/sth for sth 结构中,可与 recommend 换用。

〔例证〕

He has been suggested/recommended for the post of president.

他被举荐担任会长。

Can you suggest/recommend a good English dictionary?

你能推荐一本不错的英语词典吗?

相关例句:

I suggest you leave it to an expert

我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

Point taken, but nowhere did we suggest that this yacht's features were unique

你说得对,但我们压根没讲过这艘游艇的特色是独一无二的。

I suggest you ask him some specific questions about his past

我建议你问他一些有关他的过去的具体问题。

Earlier reports suggested that a meeting would take place on Sunday

早先的报道暗示周日可能会召开会议。

So instead I suggested taking her out to dinner for a change.

于是我又提议,带她出去吃饭换换口味。

Both quantum mechanics and chaos theory suggest a world constantly in flux.

量子力学和混沌理论都表明世界永远处于不断变化中。