insinuate  /ɪns'ɪnjuet/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  insinuate
  (vt.)巴結,暗示,使潛入

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Insinuate \In*sin"u*ate\, v. i.
     1. To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or
        imperceptibly, as into crevices.
  
     2. To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by
        flattery or cunning.
  
              He would insinuate with thee but to make thee sigh.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my limbs.
                                                    --Shak.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Insinuate \In*sin"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insinuated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Insinuating}.] [L. insinuatus, p. p. of
     insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See
     {Sinuous}.]
     1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow
        passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
  
              The water easily insinuates itself into, and
              placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables.
                                                    --Woodward.
  
     2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
  
              All the art of rhetoric, besides order and
              clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate
              wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead
              the judgment.                         --Locke.
  
              Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates
              virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the
              severity of precepts.                 --Dryden.
  
     3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used
        derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?
  
     4. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce
        by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used
        reflexively.
  
              He insinuated himself into the very good grace of
              the Duke of Buckingham.               --Clarendon.
  
     Syn: To instill; hint; suggest; intimate.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  insinuate
       v 1: introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He
            insinuated himself into the conversation of the people
            at the nearby table"
       2: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his
          wife" [syn: {intimate}, {adumbrate}]