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单词 explicitly
释义
explicitly
(once / 2017 pages)
adv

When you explain something explicitly, you do it in great detail, leaving no room for misunderstanding. You could intimidate your little brother by explicitly describing what you'll do if he reads your diary.
Something that's said or done explicitly is clear and direct, like an explicitly told story about terrible poverty in India — it leaves out no disturbing details, even if it upsets the listener. Explicitly can also refer to sexual situations or details, like a movie whose sex scenes are shown explicitly, or graphically. The Latin root is explicare, "unfold, unravel, explain."
WORD FAMILY
explicit: explicitly, explicitness, inexplicit+/inexplicit: inexplicitly, inexplicitness
USAGE EXAMPLES
He did not explicitly say a test was imminent.
Time(Jan 02, 2017)
Both also saw themselves as defenders of an American culture that was implicitly white, or even explicitly so.
The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)
The Pentagon statement noted that “multiple UN Security Council resolutions explicitly prohibit North Korea’s launches using ballistic missile technology.”
The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)
adv in an explicit manner
in his foreword Professor Clark puts it explicitly
Ant
implicitly
without ever expressing so clearly
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