unspoken
[,ʌn'spokən]
英英释意
- 1. expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate;
- "a mute appeal"
- "a silent curse"
- "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson
- "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"
- "unspoken grief"
- "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
- 2. not made explicit;
- "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"
- "things left unsaid"
- "some kind of unspoken agreement"
- "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"