implicature
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/ˈɪmplɪkətʃər/
🇬🇧
/ˈɪmplɪkətʃə(r)/
noun
R
a hint or suggestion that you understand from what someone says, even though it's not directly stated
When she said she was busy, the implicature was that she didn't want to go out.
當她說她很忙時，含義是她不想出去。
R
the idea that you can understand more from what someone says than just the words they use
The implicature of his statement was that he disagreed with the proposal.
他話的含義是他不同意這個提議。
translation
含意, 隱含意義
詞形變化
Plural
implicatures