/ɪkˈsplɪsɪt ||; ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/adj1 clear, making sth easy to understand 明确的;清楚的: I gave you explicit instructions not to touch anything. 我跟你讲得很清楚,什么也不要碰。She was quite explicit about her feelings on the subject. 在这个问题上,她很明确地说出了自己的感受。 ☞Look at implicit. 参看 implicit。
2 not hiding anything 不隐瞒的;露骨的:
Some of the sex scenes in that TV play were very explicit. 那电视剧里有一些非常露骨的性爱场面。 ➔explicitly adv He was explicitly forbidden to stay out later than midnight. 他被明确规定午夜之前要回家。