喜樂美語
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    The subtext is the meaning underneath the words — what someone really means, or what a scene is really about, which is not said out loud. If your boss says 'that's an interesting choice of shirt', the words are polite but the subtext is that they dislike it.

    The subtextsubtext言外之意 is the meaning underneath the words是話語底下真正的意思—— what someone really means一個人真正的意思, or what a scene is really about或一場戲真正在講的是什麼, which is not said out loud是沒有被直接說出口的. If your boss says 'that's an interesting choice of shirt'如果你的老闆說『that's an interesting choice of shirt（這件襯衫選得真有意思）』, the words are polite這句話表面上很客氣, but the subtext is that they dislike it但言外之意是他們不喜歡.

    It began as a word for drama and literature, where actors and readers hunt for the subtext of a scene, and it is still heavily used in criticism and writing classes. But it has spread into ordinary conversation about people: 'the subtext of that email was that I should stop asking'.

    It began as a word for drama and literature它最初是戲劇和文學用的字, where actors and readers hunt for the subtext of a scene演員和讀者會去找一場戲的subtext（言外之意）, and it is still heavily used in criticism and writing classes而且到現在仍然大量用在評論和寫作課上. But it has spread into ordinary conversation about people但它已經擴散到人們的日常對話裡: 'the subtext of that email was that I should stop asking'像『the subtext of that email was that I should stop asking（那封信的言外之意是要我別再問了）』.

    It is usually uncountable, and the fixed phrase 'the subtext is (that)...' is the shape you will meet most. There is also a verb 'subtext', but it is technical and rare — ignore it for now.

    It is usually uncountable它通常是不可數名詞, and the fixed phrase 'the subtext is (that)...' is the shape you will meet most而『the subtext is (that)...』這個固定句型是你最常會遇到的形式. There is also a verb 'subtext'也有一個動詞'subtext', but it is technical and rare但很專業也很少見—— ignore it for now現在先不用管它.

    A useful signal: when a speaker says something has 'no subtext', they mean take it exactly as said.

    A useful signal一個實用的信號: when a speaker says something has 'no subtext'當說話的人說某件事『no subtext（沒有言外之意）』, they mean take it exactly as said他們的意思是照字面理解就好.

    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sub- (under) + text (the words themselves; from Latin texere 'to weave' — a text is something woven together). Literally: what is woven underneath the words.

同家族的字

  • textthe word inside it — the words on the page
  • textilesame Latin texere 'to weave' — woven cloth
  • texturesame texere — how something is woven, how it feels
  • contextsame texere with con- 'together' — what is woven around a text
  • pretextsame texere — a reason woven up in front, to hide the real one

原始詞典資料2 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。

subtextnoun

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    literaturemediapublishingAn implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.

    • Everyone heard the announcement, but not everyone agrees on what the subtext was.
    • The word dick has meant penis since the 1890s, but Chester Gould’s private detective “Dick Tracy” has no puerile subtext related to this word.

subtextverb

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    To create or use a subtext.

    • All the participants used subtexting as an important viewing strategy of mainstream films. We are always looking for innuendoes and cues either with certain individual characters or between female characters.
    • Subtexting is the technique that every author needs to know in order to create dialogue that is rich in meaning while sounding natural, for in real life, this is the way people often converse.

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