| 单词 | inexplicit |
| 释义 | inexplicit (once / 231752 pages) adj If something's inexplicit, it's not clearly stated — it's vague or ambiguous. If a book's themes and plot are inexplicit, many of its readers will miss them completely and end up confused. An explicit explanation is clear as day, its details leaving no room for misunderstanding. When things, conversely, are inexplicit, they aren't clear or definite. After making an inexplicit agreement, people may have different ideas of what they've agreed to. This adjective adds the "not" prefix in- to explicit, from the Latin explicitus, "unobstructed," and its root explicare, "unfold, unravel, or explain." WORD FAMILYinexplicit: inexplicitly, inexplicitness+/explicit: explicitly, explicitness, inexplicit USAGE EXAMPLESThen, when finally my letter did arrive, it was inexplicit, and I had either to go to London myself or write again. Onions, Oliver [pseud.], The Tower of Oblivion(2010) A big part of Pawson's work, like the craning and hewing subdued and inexplicit, is social, and about the characters who inhabit it. The Guardian(Sep 18, 2010) The curious thing about all this is that the image itself is so inexplicit. New York Times(Apr 15, 2010) adj implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something Syn|Ant implicit 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 |
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