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单词 unwritten
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unwritten


un·writ·ten

U0128000 (ŭn-rĭt′n)adj.1. Not written or recorded: an unwritten agreement between friends.2. Having authority based on custom, tradition, or usage rather than doctrine: an unwritten law.3. Not written on; blank.

unwritten

(ʌnˈrɪtən) adj1. not printed or in writing2. effective only through custom; traditional3. without writing upon it

un•writ•ten

(ʌnˈrɪt n)

adj. 1. not actually formulated or expressed; customary; traditional. 2. not written; not put in writing or print; oral: an unwritten agreement. 3. containing no writing; blank. [1325–75]
Thesaurus
Adj.1.unwritten - based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spencewritten - systematically collected and written down; "written laws"
2.unwritten - using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"oralspoken - uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken"
3.unwritten - said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks"ad-lib, spontaneousunscripted - not furnished with or using a script; "unrehearsed and unscript spot interviews"; "unscripted talk shows"

unwritten

adjective1. oral, word-of-mouth, unrecorded, vocal the unwritten stories of his infancy and childhood2. understood, accepted, tacit, traditional, conventional, silent, customary, implicit, unformulated They obey the one unwritten rule that binds them all - no talking.

unwritten

adjectiveExpressed or transmitted in speech:oral, spoken, verbal, word-of-mouth.
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unwritten rule

A law, provision, or guideline that is generally accepted but not formally established or enforced. It's become something of an unwritten rule that people from different departments only sit together during lunch. It's just an unwritten rule that a new president will make his previous tax returns public—seems kind of suspicious if they don't. The unwritten rule for many years was that successful athletes were given free passes for bad behavior or poor grades, so long as they remained successful in their sport.See also: rule, unwritten

unwritten law

A rule, provision, or guideline that is generally accepted but not formally established or enforced. It's become something of an unwritten law that people from different departments only sit together during lunch. It's just an unwritten law that a new president will make his previous tax returns public—seems kind of suspicious if they don't. The unwritten law for many years was that successful athletes were given free passes for bad behavior or poor grades, so long as they remained successful in their sport.See also: law, unwritten

unwritten law

An accepted although informal rule of behavior, as in It's an unwritten law that you lock the gate when you leave the swimming pool. [Mid-1400s] See also: law, unwritten

unwritten law

Rules accepted by custom or tradition rather than codification in a formal body of law. The idea was already expressed by Plato: “There is a written and an unwritten law. Written law is that under which we live in different cities, but that which has arisen from custom is called unwritten law” (quoted by Diogenes Laertius; in Latin, lex no scripta). In a famous legal case in which he succeeded in having his client, Harry Thaw, who was accused of murdering Stanford White, declared insane, Delphin Michael Delmas coined the phrase (1907), “Dementia Americana; the unwritten law.”See also: law, unwritten

Unwritten


Related to Unwritten: unwritten law

LAW, UNWRITTEN, or lex non scripta. All the laws which do not come under the definition of written law; it is composed, principally, of the law of nature, the law of nations, the common law, and customs.

unwritten


Related to unwritten: unwritten law
  • adj

Synonyms for unwritten

adj oral

Synonyms

  • oral
  • word-of-mouth
  • unrecorded
  • vocal

adj understood

Synonyms

  • understood
  • accepted
  • tacit
  • traditional
  • conventional
  • silent
  • customary
  • implicit
  • unformulated

Synonyms for unwritten

adj expressed or transmitted in speech

Synonyms

  • oral
  • spoken
  • verbal
  • word-of-mouth

Synonyms for unwritten

adj based on custom rather than documentation

Antonyms

  • written

adj using speech rather than writing

Synonyms

  • oral

Related Words

  • spoken

adj said or done without having been planned or written in advance

Synonyms

  • ad-lib
  • spontaneous

Related Words

  • unscripted
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