n.建議;暗示;提議;跡象.
1. 表示“建議,提議”(可數或不可數):
We are considering your suggestion. 我們正在研究妳的建議。
Most of the suggestions made at the meeting were not very practical. 會上提出的建議很多行不通。
2. 表示“暗示,示意,啟發;聯想,可能性”(不可數):
Poetry achieves its finest effects by suggestion. 詩歌借助暗示聯想達到最佳意境。
suggestion 的用法
1. 與動詞的常用搭配:
make [offer, put forward] a suggestion 提出建議
ask for [call for, invite] 征求建議
2. 表示按照某人的建議,通常與介詞 at 連用。如:
I ordered a steak at his suggestion. 我根據他的建議點了壹份牛排。
At my suggestion we went on a picnic. 按照我的建議,我們舉行了壹次野餐。
3. 表示“提議,建議”且後接that從句(表語從句或同位語從句)時,從句用虛擬語氣(should+動詞原形)。如:
My suggestion is that we should tell him. 我的建議是我們應該告訴他。
She made a suggestion that each worker (should) contribute one day’s pay. 他建議每個工人捐獻壹天的工資。