implicate

verb

/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they implicate	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/
he / she / it implicates	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪts/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪts/
past simple implicated	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle implicated	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/
-ing form implicating	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/

Idioms

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implicate somebody (in something) to show or suggest that somebody is involved in something bad or criminal牽涉，涉及（某人）
- He tried to avoid saying anything that would implicate him further.他盡力避免說出任何會進一步牽連他的事情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- deeply
- heavily
- strongly
- …
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implicate something (in/as something) to show or suggest that something is the cause of something bad表明（或意指）…是起因
- The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak.這些結果說明衛生條件差是疾病爆發的一個原因。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- deeply
- heavily
- strongly
- …
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin implicatus ‘folded in’, past participle of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The original sense was ‘entwine’; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern sense (‘to convey something indirectly’), dates from the early 17th cent.

Idioms

be implicated in something

to be involved in a crime; to be responsible for something bad與某罪行有牽連；對某壞事有責任
- Senior officials were implicated in the scandal.一些高級官員受到這一醜聞的牽連。
- These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence.這些團體與這起暴力事件有很大關聯。