unspoken

英 [ʌnˈspəʊkən]

美 [ʌnˈspoʊkən]

adj.  未说出的; 未表达的; 默契的; 心照不宣的

Collins.1 / BNC.11613 / COCA.10743

牛津词典

adj.

• 未说出的；未表达的；默契的；心照不宣的
  not stated; not said in words but understood or agreed between people
  1. an unspoken assumption
     隐含的假定
  2. Something unspoken hung in the air between them.
     他们之间有些心照不宣的事还没有解决。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （想法、愿望、感情）没有言明的，没有说出口的
  If your thoughts, wishes, or feelings areunspoken, you do not speak about them.
  1. His face was expressionless, but Alex felt the unspoken criticism...
     他面无表情，但亚历克斯能感觉到他未明言的批评之意。
  2. The other unspoken fear here is of an outbreak of hooliganism.
     这其中另一个未言明的担忧是足球流氓可能突然闹事。
• ADJ （协议等）不成文的，默契的，默认的
  When there is anunspokenagreement or understanding between people, their behaviour shows that they agree about something or understand it, even though they have never spoken about it.
  1. There had been an unspoken agreement between them that he would not call for her at Seymour House...
     他们之间曾经有过默契，那便是他不会到西摩屋去找她。
  2. Most designers share the unspoken belief that fashion is a valid form of visual art.
     绝大多数设计师都默认这样一种观点，即时装是视觉艺术的一种有效形式。

双语例句

• What are the unspoken rules?
  贵公司的潜规则是什么？
• There is an unspoken rule in journalism that you do not admit to being bothered by reaction to your work, and I had broken it.
  新闻业有个不成文的规则，那就是你不能被读者对自己作品的反应打扰，而我却触犯了行规。
• An unspoken promise between Life and Death is made and handed to Destiny.
  生和死把无言约定交付给命运。
• By unspoken agreement they all increased their pace.
  出于默契，他们全都加快了步伐。
• 'Tough, isn't it?' was all she said, but Amy felt the depth of her unspoken sympathy.
  “很艰难，对不对？”她只说了这一句，但埃米感觉到了她未出口的深切同情。
• Neither partner can really blame the other, for each had made an unspoken, implicit agreement to that arrangement, not to grow or progress.
  也可以真的怪其他合作伙伴，为每一位，隐含了一个潜在的协议，安排，而不是成长和进步。
• Shaoling's writings are pictures without forms; han gan's paintings are unspoken poems.
  少陵翰墨无形画，韩干丹青不语诗。（苏轼《韩干马》）
• I was full of unspoken fears.
  我充满了恐惧，只是没说出来。
• But with more people behaving aggressively in public there is an unspoken "social permission" to do so.
  但是随着越来越多的人们在公众场合做出侵犯行为举止，因此出现一个潜在的那么做的”社会许可“。
• There is some unspoken attraction that we don't really quite understand.
  这里面有一种我们都不太了解的无法言语的吸引力。