stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt 详述的;明晰的;明确的 the arrangement had not been made explicit. 安排还不清楚。 ■(of a person) stating something in such a way (人)直言的;坦率的 let me be explicit. 恕我直言。 ■describing or representing sexual activity in a graphic fashion 描述性行为的,有露骨的性行为场面的: a sexually explicit blockbuster. 一部引起轰动的黄色影片。
noun late Latin
the closing words of a manuscript, early printed book, or chanted liturgical text (手稿、早期印刷品或圣歌的)结束语。 比较 incipit
派生 explicitly adverb explicitness noun 语源
early 17th cent. (as an adjective): from French explicite or Latin explicitus, past participle of explicare 'unfold' (see explicate)