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    Overt actions are done publicly, without trying to hide anything. An overt warning is said clearly, not hinted. Overt discrimination is discrimination that does not pretend to be something else.

    Overt actions overt的行動 are done publicly是公開進行的, without trying to hide anything不會想隱藏什麼。An overt warning一個overt的警告 is said clearly是講得很清楚, not hinted而不是暗示。Overt discrimination overt的歧視 is discrimination是指那種歧視 that does not pretend to be something else不會假裝成別的事情。

    It is a formal, newspaper-and-essay adjective; in speech people often say open or obvious instead.

    It它 is是 a formal, newspaper-and-essay adjective一個正式、常見於報紙和文章的形容詞; in speech在口語裡, people大家 often say常常會改說 open open or or obvious obvious instead。

    Though actually, overt is not the same as loud or dramatic. A quiet public statement can still be overt, because it is not secret.

    Though actually不過, overt overt is not the same as跟...不一樣 loud or dramatic大聲或誇張。A quiet public statement一則安靜的公開聲明 can still be也還是可以是 overt overt的, because因為 it它 is not secret不是秘密。

    People often pair it with covert (hidden), and those two look like a tidy opposite pair. They are handy opposites in use, but they did not come from the same French verb — so treat the pairing as a teaching trick, not as a family.

    People大家 often pair it with常把它拿來跟 covert (hidden)covert(隱密的)配成一對, and而 those two這兩個字 look like a tidy opposite pair看起來像是一組工整的反義詞。They它們 are handy opposites in use用起來確實是方便的反義詞, but不過 they它們 did not come from the same French verb並不是源自同一個法文動詞 — so所以 treat the pairing as a teaching trick要把這個配對當成教學上的小技巧, not as a family而不是真的字源上的一家人。

    Do not reach for overt in casual chat; it can sound stiff.

    Do not reach for在輕鬆聊天時不要用 overt overt in casual chat, it它 can sound stiff會聽起來很生硬。

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成From Middle English, from Old French overt / ouvert, the past form of 'to open', going back to Latin aperire (to open, uncover). It is a doublet of rare English apert and of French ouvert: same source, different paths.

同家族的字

  • overtlythe adverb from this adjective: in an open, unhidden way
  • aperturefrom the same Latin 'to open': an opening, as in a camera

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

overtadj/ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/

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    Open and not concealed or secret.

    • The buſineſs of Overt-Acts is, where the Compaſſing and Imagining the King's Death is the Crime and Queſtion, and this muſt be diſcover'd by Overt-Acts. But if the Treaſon be falſifying of the King's Money, this is Treaſon, but there can be no Overt-Act of that, for that is an Overt-Act in it ſelf; but there muſt be an Overt-Act to prove the Compaſſing and Imagining the Death of the King, and in no other ſort of Treaſon.
    • [T]he essence of a sale in a market overt is, that the goods should be openly exposed in the ordinary way, and also that the whole transaction should take place there, and at one time. If a man make a contract for certain goods which are not in market overt, and subsequently the goods are delivered, and the property ultimately passes in market overt, that would not be within the privilege of market overt, [...]
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    governmentheraldryhobbiesDisclosed.

    • Arg. an eagle rising wings overt inverted sa. armed or. HILTOFTE, V.

overtnoun/ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/

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    ScientologylifestylereligionAn action or condition said to be detrimental to one’s own survival and thus unethical; the consciousness of such behaviour.

    • Scientologists are sure that the person must have “overts” against Scientology, therefore nothing a former member says can be trusted.
    • Masturbation is an overt—strictly forbidden in Scientology, as Hubbard believed that it can slow one’s process to enlightenment.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。