implicature

US [ɪmˈplɪkətʃər]
UK [ɪmˈplɪkətʃə(r)]
  • n.含蓄行为;含蓄表达;隐含意;言外之意
  • Web含义;会话含义;隐涵
implicature
n.
1.
[u]
含蓄行为;含蓄表达the act of suggesting that you feel or think sth is true, without saying so directly
2.
[c]
隐含意;言外之意something that you can understand from what is said, but which is not stated directly
An implicature of ‘Some of my friends came’ is ‘Some of my friends did not come’.
“我的一些朋友来了”这句话的言外之意是“我的一些朋友没有来”。

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