| 单词 | suggestion |
| 释义 | suggestion (sədʒestʃən , US səgdʒ- ) Word forms: suggestions 1. countable noun B1 If you make a suggestion, you put forward an idea or plan for someone to think about. The dietitian was helpful, making suggestions as to how I could improve my diet. Perhaps he'd followed her suggestion of a stroll to the river. [+ of] I have lots of suggestions for the park's future. Synonyms: recommendation, proposal, proposition, plan 2. countable noun [oft NOUN that] A suggestion is something that a person says which implies that something is the case. We reject any suggestion that the law needs amending. There are suggestions that he might be supported by the Socialists. 3. singular noun [NOUN that] If there is no suggestion that something is the case, there is no reason to think that it is the case. There is no suggestion whatsoever that the two sides are any closer to agreeing. There is absolutely no suggestion of any mainstream political party involvement. Synonyms: hint, implication, insinuation, intimation 4. countable noun [usually singular] If there is a suggestion of something, there is a slight amount or sign of it. ...that fashionably faint suggestion of a tan. [+ of] ...a firm, well-sprung mattress with not one suggestion of a sag. [+ of] Synonyms: trace, touch, hint, shadow 5. uncountable noun Suggestion means giving people a particular idea by associating it with other ideas. The power of suggestion is very strong. Synonyms: trace Collocations: alternative suggestion Hints and tips most welcome - or let me know if you have an alternative suggestion for what to feed the 15,000. The Sun An alternative suggestion would be to create a studio (shed) to work from in the garden and to exhibit in an existing gallery with other local artists. Times, Sunday Times An alternative suggestion was that the comets were all fragments of an earlier sun-grazing comet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An alternative suggestion has been that the member represents part of the proximal ejecta blanket from an impact crater. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many thanks to those of you who offered alternative suggestions for my ideal dinner party companions. Times, Sunday Times If anyone has a useful suggestion to make, let it be made. Times, Sunday Times But thank you for your useful suggestion of whistling or coughing. Times, Sunday Times Thank you for this useful suggestion. Times, Sunday Times We could and should look at using our influence for reform, and perhaps the commission will make some useful suggestions. Times, Sunday Times They may even have useful suggestions and contacts drawing on their experience of how they have coped. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 建议 Japanese: 提案 |
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