"Nature gave us lips to conceal our teeth," ran one popular Victorian maxim, alluding to the fact that before the birth of proper dentistry, mouths were often in a shocking state of hygiene.

维多利亚时代流传着一则箴言：“造物主赋予人类嘴唇以遮掩牙齿”。这暗示了在严格意义上的牙科学诞生之前，口腔的卫生状况往往非常糟糕。

You know who I'm alluding to.

你知道我指的是谁。

What were you alluding to just now?

你刚才指的是什么？

It was clear she was alluding to Jane.

很明显她指的是珍妮。

We looked at each other wondering who he was alluding to.

我们互相看看，不知道他指的是谁。

I was angry with old Cotter for alluding to me as a child.

我在生老考特的气，他把我暗指为小孩。

He didn't mention my name but I was sure he was alluding to me.

他没提我的名字，但是我确信他是暗指我的。

What would constitutes the kind of punishment Paul is alluding to?

保罗在这里说的这种责罚是什么呢？

She did not say your name, but it was clear she was alluding to you.

她没有说出你的名字，但是很明显她指的是你。

Songs, poems and posters alluding to the son are in circulation, they say.

歌曲，诗歌和海报暗指的儿子在流通时，他们说。

You have always had a little way of alluding to her as an unmarriageable girl.

你总是曲折微妙地暗示她好象是个嫁不出的姑娘。

She didn't mention Mr. Smith by name, but it was clear she was alluding to him.

她没有提到史密斯先生的名字，但很明显她暗指的就是他。

He was probably alluding to (or hinting to) the time when she dropped the cake.

也许他正在暗示她放下蛋糕的时间。

Some say he was alluding to the centenary of the Fabian Society, founded in 1884.

有些人说他是暗示1884年成立的费边社成立一百年。

At times when we read Paradise Lost it seems almost as if Satan were quoting or alluding to Comus.

有时当我们读《失乐园》时，就好像看到Satan在引用Comus的话或影射他。

He is alluding, of course, to Hughes, who died of a heart attack at 59 two days before our meeting.

显然，他是指在我们会面前两天死于心脏病发的休斯，享年59岁。

Perhaps alluding to Iran, he said "we will extend our hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."

他说：“我们愿意伸出友谊之手，只要你愿意松开你的拳头”，这则可能暗指伊朗。

Alluding to the recent discord, Clinton said two sovereign nations can not be expected to agree on every issue.

克林顿国务卿暗指两国最近的不和说，不可能指望两个主权国家对每一个议题完全一致。

Warner was alluding to discussions Undersecretary of State Burns had with the head of the IAEA before coming to Geneva.

沃尔纳指的是美国国务次卿伯恩斯在赴日内瓦之前跟国际原子能机构领导人举行的会谈。

Milton's alluding to what he took to be the divinely inspired prophesy of Saint John the divine that ends the New Testament.

弥尔顿的暗示是从，圣约翰的布道中启发的，他是那位完结了《新约》的神学家。

What, then, are the activities of the mind that you are alluding to? What exactly are feeling, thinking, and so on, anyway?

那么你说的心识的活动是什么？感觉、思想到底是什么呢？

Showing up more than 15 minutes early, alluding to financial problems and nervously tapping your fingers will only hurt you.

早到15分钟以上，暗指到本身的财务标题，严格地敲打你的手指，这些举动只会毁了你的就业机会。

The city I'm alluding to is a "city of the Gaze"... This can be either an actual structural characteristic or it may be a temporary flare-up.

我所暗指的城市是一个“目光之城”…这可以是实际的结构特征，也可能是昙花一现。

As you may have guessed, because you have this on your handout, Milton is alluding here to the famous words of the Old Testament prophet Isaiah.

你们可能已经猜到了，因为讲义上都有，弥尔顿在这儿影射到这些，先知艾赛亚旧约里的一些很有名的词。