单词 | implicit |
释义 | implicit (once / 956 pages) adj Use the adjective implicit when you mean that something is understood but not clearly stated. You might think you and your boyfriend might have an implicit understanding that you are going to get married, but it's probably better to talk it through. A very near synonym of implicit in this particular meaning is the word implied. But the adjective implicit also means "complete without any doubt," so we can say that we have implicit trust or confidence in someone. The Latin root implicāre means "to involve or entangle." Another English word with a more obvious connection to the Latin is the verb implicate. WORD FAMILYimplicit: implicitly, implicitness USAGE EXAMPLESDuring the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton argued that “implicit bias is a problem for everyone, not just police.” New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) But this principled response, though valid, fails to address some big questions implicit in the populist complaint. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) In Canada, the kinship between hockey and war is implicit. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something an implicit agreement not to raise the subject there was implicit criticism in his voice anger was implicit in the argument the oak is implicit in the acorn Syn|Ant inexplicit connotative having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit implicit in, inherent, underlyingin the nature of something though not readily apparent silent, tacit, understoodimplied by or inferred from actions or statements unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unverbalised, unverbalized, unvoicednot made explicit covertsecret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed explicit, expressed precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication definiteprecise; explicit and clearly defined denotative, denotivehaving the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming unambiguous, unequivocal, univocaladmitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion declared, stateddeclared as fact; explicitly stated definitive, unequivocalclearly defined or formulated expressnot tacit or implied graphicdescribing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail hard-core, hardcoreextremely explicit open, overtopen and observable; not secret or hidden 2adj being without doubt or reserve implicit trust Syn unquestioning absolute perfect or complete or pure |
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