How did the phrase come to connote an emphatic " Yes! " in the first place?

这个短语最初是如何暗示一个强调的“是的！”？

To be in bed not doing anything connotes not only physical discomfort but also cognitive impairment.

躺在床上什么都不做，不仅会让身体不适，还会导致认知障碍。

More and more words need to be added to connote seniority.

需要添加越来越多的词来表示资历。

She had never in her life looked so much like the lily her name connoted as she did in that pallid morning light.

她一生中从未像在苍白的晨光中那样像她名字中的百合花。

Such homesign systems far outstrip their parents' gestures; a parent's raised finger meaning " Wait" may be adopted by a child to connote events in the future.

这样的家庭手语系统远远超过了父母的手势，父母竖起一根手指示意“等一下”，孩子可能会用这种手势来表示未来会发生的事情。

You want to bring out words that connote that he's not cutting you off in traffic, that he's committing an atrocity as grave as genocide.

你想要说出的话来暗示他并没有在交通中堵塞你，他正在犯下像种族灭绝一样严重的暴行。

It was very dull and human; having given ear to it Anthony, whose mind was freshened by his week in New York, renewed his deep loathing for the military profession and all it connoted.

这是非常乏味和人性化的；安东尼在纽约度过了一周，精神焕发，听了之后，他再次对军人职业及其所有含义深恶痛绝。

The concept of " the Son of God" does not connote a concrete person in history, an isolated and definite individual, but an " eternal" fact, a psychological symbol set free from the concept of time.

“上帝之子”的概念并不是指历史上具体的一个人，一个孤立的、确定的个体，而是一个“永恒”的事实，一个从时间概念中解放出来的心理符号。