explicit
英 [?k'spl?s?t; ek-]
美 [?k'spl?s?t]
助記提示
1. ex- "out" + plicat- => explicat- => 變體：explicit.
2. => unfold, unravel, explain.
中文詞源
explicit 清楚明白的來自explicate,解釋清楚的。
英文詞源
- explicit
- explicit: [17] Something that is explicit has literally been ‘unfolded’. Like the earlier borrowing explicate [16], the word comes from the past participle of Latin explicāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘un-’ and plicāre ‘fold’ (source of English ply and related to English fold). At first, in the 16th and 17th centuries, English retained the literal sense of the original, but gradually it dropped out in favour of the metaphorical ‘make clear, distinct, and open’ (already present in Latin).
=> exploit, fold, ply - explicit (adj.)
- 1610s, "open to the understanding, not obscure or ambiguous," 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)). As a euphemism for "pornographic" it dates from 1971. Related: Explicitness. "Explicitus" was written at the end of medieval books, originally short for explicitus est liber "the book is unrolled."
雙語例句
- 1. Criticism is hinted at, but never made explicit.
- 批評總是含沙射影，但從未明說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He gave me very explicit directions on how to get there.
- 他清楚地向我說明了去那兒的路線。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. It's an explicit statement.
- 這句話說得很明確.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. She was quite explicit about why she left.
- 她對自己離去的原因直言不諱.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Branagh says that it was his intention to make explicit in the film what was only implicit in the play.
- 布萊納說他的用意是將劇本中的隱晦含意在電影中清晰明白地表現出來。
來自柯林斯例句