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subtext

英 ['sʌbtekst] 美 ['sʌb'tɛkst]

n. 潜台词；潜在的意思；潜在的性格

中文词源

subtext 潜台词

sub-,在下，text,文本。引申词义潜台词。

英文词源

subtext (n.): "underlying theme of a work of literature," 1950, from sub- + text (n.). Originally a term in Konstantin Stanislavsky's theory of acting. Earlier it was used in a literally sense of "text appearing below other text on a page" (1726). Latin subtextere meant "to weave under, work in below."

双语例句

1. Europe's divisions are the subtext of a new movie thriller called Zentropa.: 新上映的惊悚电影《欧罗巴》背后的潜台词是欧洲的分裂。

2. But he didn't have to: everyone got the subtext.: 但是他也并不需要这么做: 谁都知道这潜台词.

3. The political significance of its poetic system forms a certain subtext.: 它的诗性体系中的政治含蕴构成了某种潜文本.

4. There is a subtext to this question.: 这个问题有另一层意思.

5. See through it and figure out the subtext.: 理解,并表达出其中的潜台词.