"hint" in Chinese (Simplified)

提示暗示

Definition

Hint 是一种小线索或间接的提示，帮助某人在不被直接告知的情况下理解、找到或猜出某事。它也可以指某件事可能会发生或属实的轻微信号。

常见搭配有 'give someone a hint'、'drop a hint' 和 'take a hint'。Hint 通常是间接的；如果说得很明白，就不算 hint。它常用于游戏、谜题，以及人们委婉表达意思的对话中。

Can you give me a hint for this question?

你能给我这个问题的**提示**吗？

She gave me a hint, but I still didn't know the answer.

她给了我一个**提示**，但我还是不知道答案。

There was no hint of rain in the sky this morning.

今天早上的天空中没有一丝下雨的**迹象**。

He kept dropping hints about wanting a new phone for his birthday.

他一直在**暗示**自己生日想要一部新手机。

I tried to hint that it was getting late, but nobody noticed.

我试着**暗示**时间不早了，但没人注意到。

At some point, she needs to take the hint and stop texting him.

到某个时候，她得明白这个**暗示**，别再给他发短信了。