indication
英 [?nd?'ke??(?)n]
美[,?nd?'ke??n]
- n. 指示，指出；跡象；象征
英英釋意
- 1. something that serves to indicate or suggest;
- "an indication of foul play"
- "indications of strain"
- "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
- 2. the act of indicating or pointing out by name
- 3. (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure;
- "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"
- 4. something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary;
- "there were indications that it was time to leave"
- 5. a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument;
- "he could not believe the meter reading"
- "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"