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indication

英[ɪndɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,ɪndɪ'keʃən]
  • n. 指示,指出;迹象;象征

英英释意


1. something that serves to indicate or suggest;
"an indication of foul play"
"indications of strain"
"symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
2. the act of indicating or pointing out by name
3. (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure;
"the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"
4. something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary;
"there were indications that it was time to leave"
5. a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument;
"he could not believe the meter reading"
"the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"