ex·plic·it
adjective OPAL W
/ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/
/ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/
- (of a statement or piece of writing) clear and easy to understand, so that you have no doubt what is meant
清楚明白的；毫不含糊的 - He gave me very explicit directions on how to get there.
他清楚地向我说明了去那儿的路线。 - The reasons for the decision should be made explicit.
应该直截了当给出决定的理由。 - She made some very explicit references to my personal life.
她毫不隐讳地谈到了我的私生活。
Extra Examples- We think such information should be made explicit and not left vague.
我们认为这样的信息应表达清楚，不应该含糊其词。 - The underlying purpose of his novel remains implicit rather than explicit.
他小说的根本目的仍然是隐含的而不是明确的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- as to
- He gave me very explicit directions on how to get there.
- (of a person) saying something clearly, exactly and openly
（说话）清晰的，明确的；直言的；坦率的 - She was quite explicit about why she had left.
她对自己离开的原因直言不讳。
Extra Examples- She told him he needed to improve, without being explicit as to how.
她说他需要改进，却没有明确指出如何去做。 - The government has been quite explicit about its intentions.
政府的意图表述得相当明确。 - The author is quite explicit about her political bias.
作者她对自己的政治偏见毫不隐晦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- as to
- She was quite explicit about why she had left.
- (usually disapproving) describing or showing something, especially sexual activity, with a lot of detail
（尤指色情描写或画面）赤裸裸的，露骨的 - a sexually explicit film
一部有露骨性爱场面的影片 - a highly explicit description of torture
对酷刑的赤裸裸的描述
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- as to
- a sexually explicit film
Word Originearly 17th cent. (as an adjective): from French explicite or Latin explicitus, past participle of explicare ‘unfold’, from ex- ‘out’ + plicare ‘to fold’.