释义 |
unavowed /ʌnəˈvaʊd /adjectiveNot openly or publicly declared; unstated: an underlying, unavowed hostility...- The difference in 1760 was one of tone rather than substance, with reluctant and grudging toleration being replaced by unavowed pride in the accessibility of the new regime to the old Tories.
- It is implied, however, that this is never more than a pretence, a cover, behind which he conceals his unavowed determination to remain at a stage from which he could, if he chose, release himself.
- The real, though typically unavowed, function of the sceptic's apparently naked challenges is to raise the level of the debate in just this way.
Rhymesaloud, becloud, cloud, crowd, enshroud, loud, Macleod, proud, shroud, Stroud, unbowed, unendowed, unploughed (US unplowed) |