to implicate
01
牵连, 涉及
to involve or suggest someone's participation or connection in a crime or wrongdoing
Transitive: to implicate sb
例子
Evidence collected at the crime scene directly implicated two of the defendants.
在犯罪现场收集的证据直接牵连了两名被告。
02
暗示, 隐含
to convey something indirectly
Transitive: to implicate sth | to implicate that
例子
Though never stated outright, comments from witnesses implicated that the two might have had some prior disagreement.
虽然没有直接说明，但目击者的评论暗示两人之前可能有过一些分歧。
词汇树
implicative
implicature
implicate
