tacitly
adverb
uk/ˈtæs.ɪt.li/us/ˈtæs.ɪt.li/withoutexpressingsomethingdirectly:
默示地;不明言地Smith tacitlyacknowledgedthefailure.史密斯默认了自己的失败。
Thegovernmenthad tacitlyapprovedcoercivemeasures.政府默许了这些强制措施。
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- The Border Patrol,actingin thenameofdomesticsecurity, has put an end to the "unofficial"rowboatcrossingsthatlocalandfederalofficialshad tacitlyallowedforyears.
- The defendant's ownlawyerhas tacitlyconcededthat theappealhas nomerit.
- Most of us still tacitlyassumetherelationshipto be one ofcauseandeffect.
- In usingmoney,peopleagreedtacitly to such anunequaldistribution.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil