implicature
noun /ˈɪmplɪkətʃə(r)/
/ˈɪmplɪkətʃər/
(specialist)- [uncountable] the act of suggesting that you feel or think something is true, without saying so directly
含蓄行为；含蓄表达 - [countable] something that you can understand from what is said, but that is not stated directly
隐含意；言外之意 - 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”。
- An implicature of ‘Some of my friends came’ is ‘Some of my friends did not come’.