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tacit

/tas-it/US // ˈtæs ɪt //UK // (ˈtæsɪt) //

默契,默示,默契的,默许

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
    • : silent; saying nothing: a tacit partner.
    • : unvoiced or unspoken: a tacit prayer.

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Examples

  • Citing the coronavirus pandemic, the IOC said it’s making this early step “given the uncertainty the world is facing right now,” but the move is also a tacit acknowledgment that its traditional bidding system is not as effective as it once was.

  • It’s a tacit admission that USPS is not currently America’s preferred delivery option, and an acknowledgement the organization needs to change.

  • A conviction is unlikely to come at this point, meaning the United States Senate is going to give its tacit approval for what happened just steps from the Senate floor.

  • A statement signed by former cross-country world champion Paula Radcliffe, along with 22 other elite women athletes, pushed back against the assertion that having shorter races for women was a tacit insult to their ability.

  • Part of this stemmed from the tacit encouragement of people who knew better.

  • Meese, with the tacit acquiescence of other top officials, had laid out a version of events all were expected to uphold.

  • At the same time, this focus on pragmatism is a tacit acknowledgment from the president.

  • In briefings with some reporters U.S. officials indicated tacit Libyan approval had been provided.

  • The five- page document, which has the tacit support of Senate GOP leaders, represents a remarkable shift for the party.

  • There is, in the cancellation, a tacit admission of culpability where there is none.

  • Without any known cause of offence, a tacit acknowledgement of mutual dislike was shewn by Louis and de Patinos.

  • The visitors, seeing how distressed the General was, by tacit consent avoided the subject, but everyone felt the dampening effect.

  • Mr. Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife.

  • His attitude became one of good-humored subservience and tacit adoration.

  • When a man talks about "spiritual discernment," he makes a tacit assertion which ought not to be allowed to pass unchallenged.