1SHOW/BE A SIGN OFto show or suggest that someone is involved in a crime or dishonest act 表明[暗示]〔某人〕与〔犯罪或不诚实行为〕有牵连
The allegations implicated Abe to such an extent he was forced to resign.
安倍深受指控牵连,不得不辞职。
implicate somebody in something
Three police officers are implicated in the cover-up.
三名警察涉嫌隐瞒事实。
2SHOW/BE A SIGN OF formal if something is implicated in something bad or harmful, it is shown to be its cause 说明〔某物〕导致〔不好或有害的事〕
be implicated in something
Viruses are known to be implicated in the development of some cancers.
已知病毒是诱发一些癌症的原因。
nGrammar
Implicate is usually passive in this meaning.
Examples from the Corpus
implicate• Science vainly struggles to keep up, offering hypothesesimplicating all manner of causes and suggesting all manner of effects.• Seafood is increasingly implicated as the source of the hepatitis A virus.• Also, it was bound to implicate Government deeply.• According to the prosecution, DNAtests 'irrefutably' implicate Henson.• She is claiming that the police are deliberately trying to implicate her.• She had always been suspicious of Taczek, and here was yet more evidenceimplicating him with people she no longer trusted.• Certainly he refused to implicate himself in the development of a theory in which he had played so great a part.• Simon knew he couldn't possibly provide a bloodsample without implicating himself.• The managingdirector of the bank was implicated in a fraudscandal.• Sexually transmitteddiseases have long been implicated in infertility.• Five others who had been implicated, including the head of National Security, were not prosecuted, allegedly due to political considerations.• New evidence implicates Mr Stapleton and his wife in the blackmail attempt.
implicate somebody in something• The suspectimplicated two other men in the robbery.