5SHOW/BE A SIGN OFto remind someone of something or help them to imagine it 使人想起;使人联想到
The stage was bare, with only the lighting to suggest a prison.
舞台上空无一物,只有灯光表明这是监狱。
6something suggests itselfif an ideasuggests itself, you think of it 考虑某事物
I’ll look at my cookbooks and see if anything suggests itself.
我来看看食谱,有没有什么可以考虑的。
7I’m not suggestingspokenSAY used to say that what you have said is not exactly what you intended to say 我并不是说〔用于表示自己所说的并非完全是原来想表达的意思〕
I’m not suggesting for one moment that these changes will be easy.
我绝不是说作这些变革很容易。
Examples from the Corpus
I’m not suggesting• I'm not suggesting that she's stupid or anything.
nGRAMMAR: Patterns with suggest
You suggest something to someone:
He suggested a solution to us.
✗Don’t say: He suggested us a solution.
You suggest doing something:
I suggested going for a walk in the park.
✗Don’t say: I suggested to go for a walk in the park.
In everyday English, you suggest that someone does something:
I suggest that she waits a few weeks.
✗Don’t say: I suggest her to wait a few weeks.
In more formal English, you suggest that someone do something, using the base form of the verb (=the infinitive without ‘to’):
I suggest that she wait a few weeks.
You can also use the base form of the verb when talking about the past:
I suggested that she wait a few weeks.
You suggest that someone should do something:
The doctor suggested that she should sit down.
In more formal English, you can say it has been suggested that something is true:
It has been suggested that the substance can cause cancer.
THESAURUS
suggest to tell someone your ideas about what they should do 建议,提议
'Why don’t you come with us?', Alan suggested.
“你为什么不和我们一起去呢?”艾伦建议道。
It was a sunny afternoon and so I suggested going to the beach.
那天下午天气晴朗,所以我提议去海滩。
recommend to suggest that someone goes somewhere, tries something etc because you know that it is good and you think they will like it 推荐
Can you recommend a good restaurant near here?
你能推荐一家附近的好餐厅吗?
It’s a brilliant book - I’d recommend it to anyone.
这本书非常好——我愿意向所有人推荐。
propose formal to formally suggest a plan or course of action, especially at a meeting 〔尤指在会议上〕正式提议
The government has proposed building a new town just north of the city.
政府已提出在城市以北建一个新镇。
nI propose that we send a delegation to London to discuss our concerns.
put forward to suggest an idea, plan, reason etc 提出〔想法、计划、理由等〕
The party has put forward new proposals to reduce the number of cars in the town centre.
该党提出了一些减少市中心车流量的新提议。
The idea was first put forward by Aristotle.
这个观点最早是亚里士多德提出的。
A number of reasons have been put forward to explain these negative results.
已提出多项理由来解释这些负面结果。
nominate to officially suggest someone for an important job or position, or a person, film etc for a prize, especially when people will vote to make a decision 提名,推荐
He’s been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times.
他多次获得诺贝尔文学奖提名。
nThree candidates have been nominated for the position of chairman.
Examples from the Corpus
suggest• ''Why don't you come with us?" Alan suggested.• I'm not sure which is the best wine to order. What would you suggest?• In fact, the situation is far worse than these figuressuggest.• "Why not ask Dad?" he suggested.• A $ 10 donation is suggested.• It was a sunnyafternoon, and Jim suggested a trip to the beach.• He suggestedabortion two or three times and made it very clear that he thought I was making a mistake.• It was raining heavily, and she suggested calling a taxi.• Readers may recall that President Ronald Reagan once suggested himself that trees were polluters.• Robert suggested his son for the vacantdirectorship.• The date of this odd but interestingballet might suggestintimations of flower power.• All members are invited to suggest names.• It is still not clear what these facts suggest -- perhaps a new strain of the virus, or a completely new virus.• His letter seemed to suggest that he wasn't satisfied with my work.• My Dad suggested that I should apply for the job.• Sarah suggested that I should apply for this job.• This suggests that Mr Lion had been deliberately singled out as a scapegoat and given no time to defend himself.• All the evidencesuggests that the problem has improved in recent years.• The door had not been forced open, which strongly suggests that the victim was known to her killer.• Current data suggests that there could be life on Mars.• It may be suggested that there is an element of rejection in being referred.• These changes in mortality, especially among the old elderly, suggest that we have not reached the maximumhumanlifespan.• He spread his hands to suggest the size of the fish.• On most patients, the repetition by themselves of one word will cause the associated words to suggest themselves.• A child's behavior might suggest to others that there are problems at home.• I suggest we take a break and finish this later.• Can you suggest where we might be able to get a decentmeal?• I'm not suggesting you deliberately tried to mislead us, just that you made a mistake.