释义 |
subtextsub‧text /ˈsʌbtekst/ noun [countable usually singular] - One subtext of the book is accepting one's ethnic identity.
- Even in this harsh, modern commercial world, this remains a vital subtext of our own research.
- Potentially explosive subtext -- Annie was sexually abused as a child -- is pretty much left in the background.
- Those were just some of the subtexts in the 64-team draw.
- Underneath the scorn, the subtext is that Morrissey's art lacks a vital virility.
- Whatever their text, the subtext was always this: this is my will.
a hidden or second meaning behind someone’s words or actions: What’s the subtext here? What’s the writer really saying? |