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Explicit Explicitus Iks'plisit A.清楚明确的 英 Adj.清楚明确的(Dist Inctly Expressed

单词 explicit
音标 [iks'plisit]
解释 a.清楚明确的
红宝书 【英】 adj.清楚明确的(dist inctly expressed; definite)
【考】 反义词:inchoate(未 形成的); tacit(含蓄的); immanent(内在的); obscure(模糊的)
【例】 to give explicit directions
字源 explicit (adj.)
c.1600, from French explicite, from Latin explicitus "unobstructed," variant past participle of explicare "unfold, unravel, explain," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)).
"Explicitus" was written at the end of medieval books, originally short for explicitus est liber "the book is unrolled." As a euphemism for "pornographic" it dates from 1971.
不择手段背单词 adj. (表达得)清楚明确不含糊的; (表达上)直率的; 显而易见的
【源】explicate(v 说明)
【参】implicit(adj 暗示的; 含蓄的; 固有的)
【反】inchoate(adj 未形成的; 不成熟的); tacit(adj 默许的; 含蓄的); immanent(adj 内在的); obscure(adj 模糊的)
趣味全助记 【记】ex 出 + plic 复杂→本来复杂的,缠在一起的事情弄得清清楚楚,不再缠绕,e.g.将一团杂乱的线团理清楚
【相关】complicit (缠在一起)串通一气的,有同谋关系的,explicit 外在的,清楚的,implicit 暗示的,含蓄的

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