2019-08-03 indicative

英英释义：showing that something will happen, is true, or exists 

表示“表明““反映出”，是一个较为正式的高频单词。

最常见用法是 A is indicative of B，表示 A 反映了 B 的状态。

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1. Their failure to act is indicative of their lack of interest.

因为没有兴趣，所以没有行动

2. An old Chinese saying goes: the twitching of the left eyelid is indicative of the coming of good fortune.

3. Physical appearance is indicative of how a person feels. 

相由心生

4. Expectations of rising prices are indicative of expectations for more demand, more spending, and ultimately more production and hiring. 

5. Critics of Mr Netanyahu’s government say the nation-state law is indicative of its efforts to make Israel less democratic and more illiberal. 

6. In Chinese culture, good handwriting was long seen as indicative of moral fibre, knowledge of characters was synonymous with learning itself, and calligraphy was a great art.（这里的 indicative 可以和 synonymous 一起学习）

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这一行为表明了她的态度。 

This behavior is indicative of her attitude.