Implicit



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• adj. 含蓄的, 不言而喻的
• ［英］ adj. 含蓄的, 不言而喻的 ( not directly expressed)
• ［记］ im ( 进入) +plic ( 重叠) +it ( 意义) -> 叠在里面 -> 含蓄的
• ［例］ Annie's implicit message was that he was not welcome.

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin implicitus, past participle of implicare
• Date: 1599
• 1.
  • a. capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed ; implied <an implicit assumption>
  • b. involved in the nature or essence of something though not revealed, expressed, or developed ; potential <a sculptor may see different figures implicit in a block of stone — John Dewey>
  • c. of a mathematical function defined by an expression in which the dependent variable and the one or more independent variables are not separated on opposite sides of an equation — compare explicit 4
• 2. being without doubt or reserve ; unquestioning <an implicit trust>
• ? implicitly adverb
• ? implicitness noun

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