mid-15c., "action of making known," from Middle French intimation (late 14c.), from Late Latin intimationem (nominative intimatio) "an announcement" (in Medieval Latin "a judicial notification"), noun of action from past participle stem of intimare (see intimate). Meaning "suggestion, hint" is from 1530s.
实用例句
1. I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.
我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。
来自柯林斯例句
2. There was no intimation from his doctor that his condition was serious.
他的医生没有透露他的病情很严重。
来自《权威词典》
3. Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.
