- implicit (in something)
suggested without being directly expressed 含蓄的；不直接言明的 Implicit in his speech was the assumption that they were guilty. 他话语中的言外之意是设定他们有罪。 🔊🔊 implicit criticism 含蓄的批评 These assumptions are implicit in his writing. 这些假设隐含在他的著作中。
- implicit (in something)
forming part of something (although perhaps not directly expressed) 成为一部分的；内含的 complete and not doubted 完全的；无疑问的 compare explicit
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French implicite or Latin implicitus, later form of implicatus ‘entwined’, past participle of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’.