implicit
adjective
uk/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/us/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/implicitadjective(NOT DIRECT)
C2
suggestedbut notcommunicateddirectly:
不明言的,含蓄的Heinterpretedhercommentsas an implicitcriticismof thegovernment.他将她的评论理解为对政府的含蓄批评。
Implicitinthe poem'sclosinglinesare the poet's ownreligiousdoubts.在这首诗最后几行中隐含着诗人自己的宗教疑虑。
feltby someone orinfluencingthem without them beingawareof it:
Theexperimentwasdesignedtomeasureimplicitracialbias.
Egalitarianintentionsare not enough toprotectagainst theeffectof implicitattitudes.
Compare
explicit
- Theassumptionimplicit in thiscomplaintis that ifpolicedepartmentshad moremoney, they would beabletocutcrime.
- This wasseenbyinvestorsas an implicitguaranteeofsupport.
- There areculturalvaluesthatdriveourbehaviourin an implicit,subliminal,unconsciousway.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- equivocate
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- parry
- sanitize
- stray
- veil
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Unaware
implicitadjective(COMPLETE)
completeand without anydoubts:
无疑问的;无保留的All herlifeshe had implicitfaithinsocialism.她一生都坚定地信仰社会主义。
implicittrust/obedience
Complete and whole
- (all) in one pieceidiom
- A, a
- absolute
- all or nothingidiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- fell
- from stem to sternidiom
- full-blown
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- plain
- root
- thoroughly
- through and throughidiom
- to the lastidiom
- totality
- toto
- unabridged