suggest
[sәg'dʒest]
vt. 议, 建议, 促, , 启, 使想起

[] 建议, , 议



suggest
[ verb ]

1. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

<verb.communication> advise propose
the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax

2. drop a hint; intimate by a hint

<verb.communication> hint

3. imply as a possibility

<verb.communication> intimate
The evidence suggests a need for more clarification

4. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

<verb.communication> indicate
Tetracycline is indicated in such cases

5. call to mind

<verb.communication> evoke paint a picture
this remark evoked sadness

Suggest \Sug*gest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suggested}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Suggesting}.] [L. suggestus, p. p. of suggerere to
put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to
bring. See {Jest}.]
1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be
thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all
the ways of sensation and reflection. --Locke.

2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to
intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.

3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.]

Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. --Shak.

4. To inform secretly. [Obs.]

Syn: To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.


Suggest \Sug*gest"\, v. i.
To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.]

And ever weaker grows through acted crime,
Or seeming-genial, venial fault,
Recurring and suggesting still. --Tennyson.