The only intimation

intimation 是「徵兆、暗示」。
在沒有前後文情況下，The only intimation 應譯成「唯一的徵兆」。

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遇到喪事時，常可以將 "the only intimation" 解釋成「唯一告示」或「不再另行通知」。所以 intimation 是可以當作 announcement 或 declaration 來使用。

2013-02-06 01:39:17 補充：
而大部分時候，都是用於：
the act of intimating; the thing intimated; a hint;
an obscure or indirect suggestion or ntoice...

One important usage of "intimation" is - it is typically used in contrastive contexts.

Examples:
Ignoring all intimations, she continues to believe in his sincereness.
Some intimations showed that panda walked into the abyss without knowing it.

2013-02-05 02:07:52 補充：
Sorry趙小姐, I did not realize that you have a panda kid...

趙小姐您好，

也讓Panda try try 吧！

要瞭解 intimation 的本意，最好的方式還是去看英英字典的解釋:

Making known indirectly; a hint/suggestion
舉例:

The only intimation of his affection toward her is his always remembering to celebrate her birthday.
他每年都記得幫她慶祝生日是他愛她的唯一證明。

所以，the only intimation 在這裡應該要翻作 "唯一證明"。

希望有幫助！

2013-02-04 18:30:15 補充：
Mom, Prissy is picking on me again!

2013-02-06 08:01:57 補充：
嗯冰封長老說的對，

會因場合而異

他也可以是唯一的暗示~~