indicate

英 ['ɪndɪkeɪt] 美 ['ɪndɪket]

1. be indicated of 提示的.
2. 爹地奉献一生(dedicate).
3. 构词法：‐ate v. ‐> ‐ation n./‐ative adj. ‐ate adj ‐> ‐acy n.
4. in(在...里面) + di(谐音“弟弟”) => 里面的弟弟给你提示、暗示。

indicate 指示，暗示

来自拉丁语indicare,指出，说明，来自in-,进入，使，-dic,指出，说，词源同digit,index.引申词义指示，暗示。

indicate: indicate: [17] Like index, indicate has its origins in the Latin stem *dik- ‘point out’. In this case the base form was the verbal derivative dicāre ‘proclaim’ (ultimate ancestor also of English abdicate [16], dedicate [15] and predicate [16]), which with the addition of the prefix inproduced indicāre ‘show’ – which English adopted as indicate.

First cousin of Latin dicāre was dīcere ‘say’ (source of English diction, dictionary, etc). Addition of the prefix in- to this produced indīcere ‘proclaim’, which formed the basis of Vulgar Latin *indictāre ‘declare, dictate’. This has given English two separate verbs: via Old French enditier the now archaic indite [14]; and via Anglo-Norman enditer, with subsequent latinization of the spelling, indict [14].
=> abdicate, dedicate, predicate
indicate (v.): 1650s, back-formation from indication, or else from Latin indicatus, past participle of indicare "to point out, show, indicate, declare" (see indication). Related: Indicated; indicating.

1. Ballpark estimates indicate a price tag of $90 million a month.: 大致的估计费用为每月9,000万美元。

2. Surveys indicate that supporters of the treaty are still in the majority.: 调查表明，该条约的支持者仍然占大多数。

3. The last figures so far this year indicate a rise of 13.8%.: 今年到目前为止的最新数据显示增长了13.8%。