Day 340 morning 2021
hint:暗示
来自中古英语 hinten, 告知,通知,词源同 hunt(打猎,猎取;搜索,寻找),引申词义暗示。
暗示,就是通过已知的线索去“捕捉”未知的信息,所以,hint来自hunt就不奇怪了。
给某人一个暗示,可以这样表达:
Can you drop/give me a hint?
关于暗示的表达,有这样一个小故事:
美国曾经有一个议员叫Nancy,她很讨厌英国首相Churchill,有一次她对丘吉尔说:If I were your wife, I would put poison in your tea.如果我是你太太,我就在你的茶里下毒。
丘吉尔回应她说:If I were your husband, I would drink it.如果我是你丈夫,我就会把毒茶喝掉。意思就是说,我要是有你这样的太太,我就不活了。
你看,高手之间的吵架都是字里行间的暗示,从来没有歇斯底里额的嘶吼。
And, with perhaps a hint of sadness, he added,
“Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far...”
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