intimation

n. 暗示,讽示,通知

He has given us no intimation of his intentions/what he intends to do.

他没有向我们透露他的意图.

But the harsh words of the father in a drunken moment of excessive ancestral pride cause a dignified departure with the conciliatory donation of half her means of subsistence and the intimation that she is rejoining her husband.

但父亲在一次酒后的刺耳话语中说了一些有关家世过分骄矜的话，使苔丝傲然离开了家。她把自己一半的生活费留给父母，并告诉他们她要去找丈夫团聚。