explicit
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/us/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/C2
clearandexact:
清楚明白的；明确的；不含糊的I gave her very explicitdirectionshow to get here.我明确地告诉她来这儿怎么走。
She was very explicitabout(= said veryclearlyandexactly)what shethoughtwaswrongwith theplans.她明确地指出了计划中她认为有误的地方。
I wasn'tawarethat I would bepaying- youcertainlydidn'tmakeit explicit(=stateitclearly).我不知道我得付款——毫无疑问是你没说清楚。
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implicit
C2
showingortalkingaboutsexorviolencein a verydetailedway:
（描绘性或暴力）赤裸裸的，露骨的asexuallyexplicitmovie有露骨性爱场面的电影
Synonyms
X-rated
bawdy
blue(SEXUAL)
coarse(RUDE)
crude(RUDE)
dirty(NOT POLITE)informal
filthy(OFFENSIVE)
indecent(IMMORAL)
lasciviousformaldisapproving
licentiousformaldisapproving
lubriciousformal
muckyinformal
obscene
offensive(UPSETTING)
prurientformaldisapproving
racy
ribaldold-fashioned
risqué
rude(NOT POLITE)
salaciousdisapproving
saucyold-fashioned
smuttydisapproving
suggestive(SEXUAL)
vulgar(RUDE)disapproving
Apparent and obvious
- (from) underyournoseidiom
- apparent
- be (as) plain as the nose onyourfaceidiom
- be (right) underyournoseidiom
- be etchedsomewhereidiom
- be writ largeidiom
- glaring
- glaringly
- greet
- I need hardlydo somethingidiom
- in plain sightidiom
- in your faceidiom
- overtly
- palpable
- palpably
- parallax
- patently
- squeaky
- stand/stick out a mileidiom
- writ
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