insinuate
Y
vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
1. 使逐漸而巧妙地取得;使迂迴地滲入[(+into)]
He tried to insinuate himself into the boss's favor.
他設法巧妙地漸漸取得老板的歡心。
2. 含沙射影地說;暗示;暗指[(+to)][+(that)]
She insinuated to us that her partner had embezzled funds.
她旁敲側擊地指出她的合夥人盜用了資金。
vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
1. 說含沙射影的話;暗諷
C
insinuate (v.)
when it means "to work your way into, by indirect or artful means," is usually [reflexive]:
She insinuated [herself] [into] the [family's affections].
When it means "to suggest something unpleasant or unflattering," as in
He insinuated [that] they had tried to buy his vote,
it frequently takes a [that] clause as direct object.
。迂迴
oblique
neither perpendicular nor parallel, indirect
Denis details obsessively not only the rituals of military life but the half-naked bodies of the [legionnaires] in a manner that both recalls and [obliquely] mocks Leni Riefenstahl.
This one is more direct, more concerned [with] showing off the basic[s] of the story. Which is probably necessary, but I prefer the more oblique [approach] in this case.
The viewer is left to guess, as much as the characters, at the actual events that are glimpsed obliquely.
innuendo
an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
minutiae
pl. of minutia
The Weinsteins offered QT all the [room] he needed to put his vision on screen time and time again, down to [obsessive] minutiae.
insinuate
women never ask. No, they don't ask, they insinuate. And you are insinuating, not very subtly, may I add, that I am...
He tried to insinuate [himself] into the boss's favor.
She insinuated [to] us [that] her partner had [embezzled] funds.
Juan Antonio insinuates [himself] into both women's lives in the coming days.
The Birds features a classic Alfred Hitchcock setup: average people placed in circumstances turned upside down. And of course, there are the [requisite] dark insinuations and strange psychological [underpinnings]. As in Psycho, Hitchcock's previous film, the [normalcy] of the setting is allowed to set in before the audience is thrown into the [perverse] drama.
sinuous
A sinuous dark comedy about cinema, Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep may cast a critical eye on the state of 1990s filmmaking and all that it implies, but the critic-turned-director also creates an artistically thrilling testament to the medium's luminous allure.
circumlocutory
A tense, disorienting first act sets the stage, but with only these two characters to follow for 100 more minutes of circumlocutory chases and [staccato] run-ins, the squirm factor is high.
。挑剔
finicky
persnickety
snobbish
As persnickety Dr. Tarnower, Sir Ben Kingsley [oozes] equal parts charm and condescension.
fastidious
painstaking
queasy
squeamish
barb
The film works best when Seth and Evan are [trading] barbs and simply playing off one another, a testament [to] the enduring friendship shared between the two screenwriters.
carp
Among the [critical] carps aimed [at] Marnie was the complaint that the studio-bound sets -- particularly the waterfront locale where the film ends -- were [tacky] and [artificial]; curiously, this seeming "carelessness" adds to the [queasy], [off]-setting mood that Hitchcock [endeavored] to sustain.
One of cinema's greatest provocateurs, Jean-Luc Godard, presents another barb[ed] but thoughtful meditation on culture, politics and cinema in this experimental drama.
cavil
find fault with unnecessarily
Some will [quibble] and [cavil] that the movie is too contrived
I'm 2 years older than you are. A little bit more. Mister starts cavilling.
。遁辭
quip
a clever or witty remark or comment.
a sharp, sarcastic remark, a cutting jest.
a quibble.
Many people [used] the quip that "They [said] the same thing about sound and color." And while I think 3D is a [huge] innovation for cinema, I don’t think that is an [apt] comparison.
quibble
an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
petty or carping criticism, a minor objection.
Polanski should have sought more visual ways to open up the play's action, but this is a small [quibble].
and who could be labeled as yuppies if they didn't [quibble] about the term.
While Balkan locations don’t completely convince as Malta or India, that’s a [minor] quibble,
The arrival of elephant-sized white spiders sets in motion an adventure that takes the quibbling siblings across the universe to [battle] the forces of evil.
prevaricate
speak misleadingly
equivocate
use ambiguous expressions to mislead
The lesser-known Wilson may be the first among equals, impressing strongly as the [equivocating] husband.
equivocal
The real subject, she says, is the mother-son relationship, and Eva's agonisingly equivocal feelings towards her boy.
weasel
fudge & mudge
nudge
subterfuge
She regards her [subterfuge] as "a game that amuses me, even though it's dangerous,"
George's own [subterfuge], his [surreptitious] photographing of people on the Métro- a form of surveillance that leads to a marvellous montage of portraits (the work of war photographer Luc Delahaye)- further complicates the film’s [insistent] thematic build-up around responsibility to others and the [un]bridgeable [glacial] distance between people.
That question constitutes flagrant subterfuge on part of the defense. Objection sustained.
parry
to parry an embarrassing [question].
as we watch the characters [thrust], [parry], and then [withdraw]
。游移
。諂媚
Fawn
Insinuate
Y
vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
1. 使逐漸而巧妙地取得;使迂迴地滲入[(+into)]
He tried to insinuate himself into the boss's favor.
他設法巧妙地漸漸取得老板的歡心。
2. 含沙射影地說;暗示;暗指[(+to)][+(that)]
She insinuated to us that her partner had embezzled funds.
她旁敲側擊地指出她的合夥人盜用了資金。
vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
1. 說含沙射影的話;暗諷
C
insinuate (v.)
when it means "to work your way into, by indirect or artful means," is usually [reflexive]:
She insinuated [herself] [into] the [family's affections].
When it means "to suggest something unpleasant or unflattering," as in
He insinuated [that] they had tried to buy his vote,
it frequently takes a [that] clause as direct object.
。迂迴
oblique
neither perpendicular nor parallel, indirect
Denis details obsessively not only the rituals of military life but the half-naked bodies of the [legionnaires] in a manner that both recalls and [obliquely] mocks Leni Riefenstahl.
This one is more direct, more concerned [with] showing off the basic[s] of the story. Which is probably necessary, but I prefer the more oblique [approach] in this case.
The viewer is left to guess, as much as the characters, at the actual events that are glimpsed obliquely.
innuendo
an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
minutiae
pl. of minutia
The Weinsteins offered QT all the [room] he needed to put his vision on screen time and time again, down to [obsessive] minutiae.
insinuate
women never ask. No, they don't ask, they insinuate. And you are insinuating, not very subtly, may I add, that I am...
He tried to insinuate [himself] into the boss's favor.
She insinuated [to] us [that] her partner had [embezzled] funds.
Juan Antonio insinuates [himself] into both women's lives in the coming days.
The Birds features a classic Alfred Hitchcock setup: average people placed in circumstances turned upside down. And of course, there are the [requisite] dark insinuations and strange psychological [underpinnings]. As in Psycho, Hitchcock's previous film, the [normalcy] of the setting is allowed to set in before the audience is thrown into the [perverse] drama.
sinuous
A sinuous dark comedy about cinema, Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep may cast a critical eye on the state of 1990s filmmaking and all that it implies, but the critic-turned-director also creates an artistically thrilling testament to the medium's luminous allure.
circumlocutory
A tense, disorienting first act sets the stage, but with only these two characters to follow for 100 more minutes of circumlocutory chases and [staccato] run-ins, the squirm factor is high.
。挑剔
finicky
persnickety
snobbish
As persnickety Dr. Tarnower, Sir Ben Kingsley [oozes] equal parts charm and condescension.
fastidious
painstaking
queasy
squeamish
barb
The film works best when Seth and Evan are [trading] barbs and simply playing off one another, a testament [to] the enduring friendship shared between the two screenwriters.
carp
Among the [critical] carps aimed [at] Marnie was the complaint that the studio-bound sets -- particularly the waterfront locale where the film ends -- were [tacky] and [artificial]; curiously, this seeming "carelessness" adds to the [queasy], [off]-setting mood that Hitchcock [endeavored] to sustain.
One of cinema's greatest provocateurs, Jean-Luc Godard, presents another barb[ed] but thoughtful meditation on culture, politics and cinema in this experimental drama.
cavil
find fault with unnecessarily
Some will [quibble] and [cavil] that the movie is too contrived
I'm 2 years older than you are. A little bit more. Mister starts cavilling.
。遁辭
quip
a clever or witty remark or comment.
a sharp, sarcastic remark, a cutting jest.
a quibble.
Many people [used] the quip that "They [said] the same thing about sound and color." And while I think 3D is a [huge] innovation for cinema, I don’t think that is an [apt] comparison.
quibble
an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
petty or carping criticism, a minor objection.
Polanski should have sought more visual ways to open up the play's action, but this is a small [quibble].
and who could be labeled as yuppies if they didn't [quibble] about the term.
While Balkan locations don’t completely convince as Malta or India, that’s a [minor] quibble,
The arrival of elephant-sized white spiders sets in motion an adventure that takes the quibbling siblings across the universe to [battle] the forces of evil.
prevaricate
speak misleadingly
equivocate
use ambiguous expressions to mislead
The lesser-known Wilson may be the first among equals, impressing strongly as the [equivocating] husband.
equivocal
The real subject, she says, is the mother-son relationship, and Eva's agonisingly equivocal feelings towards her boy.
weasel
fudge & mudge
nudge
subterfuge
She regards her [subterfuge] as "a game that amuses me, even though it's dangerous,"
George's own [subterfuge], his [surreptitious] photographing of people on the Métro- a form of surveillance that leads to a marvellous montage of portraits (the work of war photographer Luc Delahaye)- further complicates the film’s [insistent] thematic build-up around responsibility to others and the [un]bridgeable [glacial] distance between people.
That question constitutes flagrant subterfuge on part of the defense. Objection sustained.
parry
to parry an embarrassing [question].
as we watch the characters [thrust], [parry], and then [withdraw]
。游移
。諂媚
Fawn
Insinuate
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