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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Implied \Im*plied"\, a.
   Virtually involved or included; involved in substance;
   inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express,
   or expressed. See {Imply}.

Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Implying}.] [From the same source as employ. See {Employ},
   {Ply}, and cf. {Implicate}, {Apply}.]
   1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] ``His head in
      curls implied.'' --Chapman.

   2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference,
      or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as,
      war implies fighting.

            Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious
            intention is implied.                 --Bp.
                                                  Sherlock.

            When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . .
            the act of hiring implies an obligation and a
            promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward
            for his services.                     --Blackstone.

   3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]

            Whence might this distaste arise?

            If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To
            which I most imply it.                --J. Webster.

   Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote;
        signify; betoken. See {Involve}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

implied
     See {imply}

implied
     adj : indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed
           directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement";
           "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn:
           {silent}, {tacit}, {understood}]

imply
     v 1: express or state indirectly [syn: {connote}]
     2: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
     3: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means
        that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: {entail},
        {mean}]
     4: suggest that someone is guilty [syn: {incriminate}, {inculpate}]
     5: have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This
        decision involves many changes" [syn: {involve}]
     [also: {implied}]