英文词源
- imply
- imply: see employ
- imply (v.)
- late 14c., "to enfold, enwrap, entangle" (the classical Latin sense), from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare "involve" (see implication). Meaning "to involve something unstated as a logical consequence" first recorded c. 1400; that of "to hint at" from 1580s. Related: Implied; implying. The distinction between imply and infer is in "What do you imply by that remark?" But, "What am I to infer from that remark?"
中文词源
im-,进入，使，-ply,编织，卷入，词源同apply,implicate.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：imply 词源，imply 含义。
词根词缀： im-入,向内 + -ply-折叠 → 折入其中,隐含于其中
