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 þahan, Old Norse þegja "to be silent," Old Norse þagna "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.
实用例句
1. The rebels enjoyed the tacit support of elements in the army.
反叛分子得到了军队中部分势力的暗中支持。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The deal had the tacit approval of the President.
这笔交易得到总统的默许.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Your silence implies tacit consent to these proposals.
你的沉默意味着你默许这些提议.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The question was a tacit admission that a mistake had indeed been made.
问这个问题实际上等于默认确实出了差错。
来自柯林斯例句
5. By tacit agreement , Clark's friends all avoided any mention of his mentally ill wife.
