名詞 intimation:

1. an indirect suggestion
   同義詞：hint, breath
2. a slight suggestion or vague understanding
   同義詞：inkling, glimmering, glimmer

1. But the harsh words of the father in a drunken moment of excessive ancestral pride cause a dignified departure with the conciliatory donation of half her means of subsistence and the intimation that she is rejoining her husband.
   但父親在一次酒后的刺耳話(huà)語(yǔ)中說(shuō)了一些有關(guān)家世過(guò)分驕矜的話(huà)，使苔絲傲然離開(kāi)了家。她把自己一半的生活費(fèi)留給父母，并告訴他們她要去找丈夫團(tuán)聚。
2. He has given us no intimation of his intentions/what he intends to do.
   他沒(méi)有向我們透露他的意圖。