inkling

n.想法，暗示，迹象

noun

1. （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
   1. He had no inkling of what was going on.
      他对正在发生的事情一无所知。
   2. 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。

n. 暗示；略知；模糊概念 v. 暗示 （inkle的ing形式）；略知；低声说出

名词复数形式:inklings

inkling 暗示，迹象，想法，略知

词源不详，可能来自古英语inca,怀疑，疑虑。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. If I had the least inkling that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn't I tell you?
   我若知道我父亲决意害你，我岂不告诉你呢？
4. 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。
5. Did you ever get an inkling that she wasn't happy working on the show?
   你有没有感觉她在这个剧中干得并不愉快？
6. 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。
7. He admitted said: 'I always had an inkling that Kerry liked women.
   他承认：我一直感到Kerry有可能喜欢女人。
8. If you've ever been on a first date and had an inkling that you're being lied to, you're probably right.
   你若在第一次约会时发现约会对象有对自己撒谎的迹象，你很有可能是猜对了。
9. Amazingly I was there five or six months later and I had no inkling about it.
   神奇的是不久之后我就真的得到了机会。
10. I had no inkling that there was a surprise party.
    我压根儿不知道会举行一次令我们惊喜的舞会。
11. But if you feel even the slightest inkling of a sneeze.
    可只要你有一点点要打喷嚏的感觉。
12. I have no inkling about the examination results, we shall all have to wait and see.
    对考试结果我一无所知，我们只有等等才全知道。
13. When a poor man is to lose his only child, he likes to have an inkling of it beforehand.
    当一个可怜的人要失去他唯一的孩子时，他希望事先得到一个暗示。
14. 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。
15. As for me, I began to have an inkling.
    至于我，我开始有点开窍了。
16. He had no inkling of the cause of the delay.
    他一点儿也不知道耽误的原因。
17. Did you have any inkling that they were having an affair?
    他俩关系暖昧，你略知一二吗？
18. Maybe that should have given you an inkling.
    也许这能给你一点提示。
19. He must have had some inkling of what was happening.
    他一定知道一点正在发生的事情。
20. She had no inkling that he was going to leave.
    她丝毫不知他要走了。
21. He had no inkling of what was going on.
    他对正在发生的事情一无所知。
22. 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。
23. Analysts said they were mystified that Credit Suisse had no inkling of the problems when it released its results.
    分析师表示，对于瑞士信贷发布业绩时没有提及这些问题，他们感到疑惑。
24. I had an [ no] inkling of what he intended to do.
    我略知[不知道]他打算做什么。
25. I had an inkling of what he intended to do.
    我略知他打算做什麽。
26. I had no inkling how serious these problems are.
    我对这些问题的严重性一无所知。
27. The LCROSS results give only an inkling of where the water might have come from.
    关于这些水有可能来自哪里，LCROSS的研究成果只是略微给出一点提示。
28. Mr Stratton says companies should have an inkling of problems brewing.
    斯特拉顿表示，公司应该对酝酿中的问题略有所知。
29. I've got an inkling of what is happening.
    我对目前发生的事略有所知。