• adj. 緘默的；不言而喻的；心照不宣的；默許的

來自拉丁語 tacere,安靜，來自 PIE*tak,使安靜，詞源同 tacet.引申詞義默許的等。

tacit

tacit: [17] Tacit was adapted from Latin tacitus, the past participle of tacēre ‘be silent’. Another derivative of this was Latin taciturnus, from which English gets taciturn [18]; and tacēre also lies behind English reticent.
=> reticent, taciturn

tacit (adj.)

c. 1600, "silent, unspoken," from French tacite and directly from Latin tacitus "that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent," past participle of tacere "be silent, not speak," from suffixed form of PIE root *tak- "to be silent" (cognates: Gothic tahan, Old Norse tegja "to be silent," Old Norse tagna "to grow dumb," Old Saxon thagian, Old High German dagen "to be silent"). The musical instruction tacet is the 3rd person present singular of the Latin verb. Related: Tacitly.

1. The rebels enjoyed the tacit support of elements in the army.

反叛分子得到了軍隊中部分勢力的暗中支持。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The deal had the tacit approval of the President.

這筆交易得到總統的默許.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Your silence implies tacit consent to these proposals.

你的沉默意味著你默許這些提議.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The question was a tacit admission that a mistake had indeed been made.

問這個問題實際上等于默認確實出了差錯。

來自柯林斯例句

5. By tacit agreement , Clark's friends all avoided any mention of his mentally ill wife.

克拉克的朋友們心照不宣, 絕口不提他那位患精神病的妻子.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》