The implication was plain, if left unstated.其含意不言而喻。

An additional, unstated reason for his resignation may have been a lawsuit filed against him.他辞职还有一个没言明的理由：可能是他遭到了起诉。

Every metaphor contains within it implicit, unstated assumptions about what is real and what is not.每个隐喻都含有关于真与假的不予言明的含蓄假设。