Are you insinuating that I am a liar? 你绕来绕去是否暗指我在撒谎?
insinuating
[ adj ] calculated to please or gain favor <adj.all> a smooth ingratiating manner
Insinuate \In*sin"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insinuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insinuating}.] [L. insinuatus, p. p. of insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See {Sinuous}.] 1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
The water easily insinuates itself into, and placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables. --Woodward.
2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment. --Locke.
Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts. --Dryden.
3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?
4. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively.
He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham. --Clarendon.
Syn: To instill; hint; suggest; intimate.
Insinuating \In*sin"u*a`ting\, a. Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. --Milton.
His address was courteous, and even insinuating. --Prescott.
But the insinuating tactics of the Judiciary Committee's "liberal" Democrats has given Washington a full taste of the new game of political low ball.