跡象與話語透露出訊息
指的動作從手轉到訊息上：不是有人伸手，而是一些事實或一句話把方向指了出來，讓人看見結論或心意在哪邊。
suggest, show · verb · B2
To show that something is true or that a situation is likely, usually through signs or facts.
顯示 / 表明
核心畫面
One way to picture indicate: a finger pointing — look there, that one. Everything the word does keeps that pointing gesture. A hand points at a person, a light points at the direction a car will turn, a symbol on a map points at what it stands for, and a set of facts points at a conclusion. Nobody is proving anything; something is being aimed at.
可以想成 indicate 是一根手指指過去：看那邊，就是那個。這個字所有的用法都保留著這個指的動作——手指向一個人…更多收起
可以想成 indicate 是一根手指指過去：看那邊，就是那個。這個字所有的用法都保留著這個指的動作——手指向一個人，車燈指向要轉的方向，地圖上的符號指向它代表的東西，一堆數據指向一個結論。它沒有在證明什麼，只是把注意力對準某個地方。From the picture
Also in this word
point out · verb · B2
To show where or who something is, for example by pointing at it.
指出 / 指向
signal while driving · verb · B2
To show which way you are going to turn while driving, using the car's lights or your hand.
打方向燈
represent on a chart · verb · B2
To stand for or represent something, for example on a chart or map.
標示 / 代表
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
indicateverb/ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt/
- 1
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
- The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.
- With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks.
- 2
medicinesciencesTo show or manifest by symptoms.
- Great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.
- 3
medicinesciencesTo point to as the proper remedies.
- It was strange to buy things I used to consider luxuries but were now medically indicated, like air conditioning and well-made shoes.
- 4
To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
- 5
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
- To a person who is familiar with the use of an indicator, whether it be of one make or another, it is needless to give instructions as to how an engine should be indicated,[…].
- I found it fully as easy to indicate an engine at a speed of 320 to 340 revolutions as at 80.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。