subtext

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  • n.潜台词；言下之意
  • Web弦外之音；潜文本；言外之意
Plural Form：subtexts  

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subtext
n.
1.
字面背后的意思；潜台词；潜在原因a hidden meaning or reason for doing sth

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AllAll,潜台词潜台词,言下之意言下之意,弦外之音弦外之音,潜文本潜文本,言外之意言外之意
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1.
But that puts some kind of burden on me. I have to tell a story in a much more elaborate way, but I have the potential. it's called subtext.
但这个成为了我的某种负担。我必须以一种更加明确的方式来讲述这个故事。但我看到了那种可能性。那就是“言外之意”。
dàn zhè ge chéng wèi le wǒ de mǒu zhǒng fù dān 。 wǒ bì xū yǐ yī zhǒng gèng jiā míng què de fāng shì lái jiǎng shù zhè ge gù shi 。 dàn wǒ kàn dào le nà zhǒng kě néng xìng 。 nà jiù shì " yán wài zhī yì " 。
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2.
"The subtext is always 'My son is extraordinary, ' " Merrie said. "She's always complaining about the length of his attention span. "
“潜台词总是‘我儿子可不是一般的孩子’，”梅里说：“她总是在抱怨乔伊注意力集中的时间太短。”
" qián tái cí zǒng shì ' wǒ ér zǐ kě bú shì yì bān de hái zi ' , " méi lǐ shuō : " tā zǒng shì zài bào yuàn qiáo yī zhù yì lì jí zhōng de shí jiān tài duǎn 。 "
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3.
But it was a condescending stunt whose subtext seemed to be that singing was the best migrants' children could aspire to.
不过这一幕尽显了他们优越感，潜台词似乎是，唱歌可能是移民儿童最理想的活计。
bú guò zhè yī mù jìn xiǎn le tā men yōu yuè gǎn , qián tái cí sì hū shì , chàng gē kě néng shì yí mín ér tóng zuì lǐ xiǎng de huó jì 。
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4.
The subtext of the movie, you know. . . was working on these kind of really Jungian, archetypal levels.
电影的潜藏意义，你知道的…就是工作这类真正「容格」式的、原型层面。
diàn yǐng de qián cáng yì yì , nǐ zhī dào de … jiù shì gōng zuò zhè lèi zhēn zhèng 「 róng gé 」 shì de 、 yuán xíng céng miàn 。
movie.douban.com
5.
These doubts are brought to the surface, but are within the subtext of the scene.
这些疑虑并未表现在表面，而是藏在场景的潜台词中。
zhè xiē yí lǜ bìng wèi biǎo xiàn zài biǎo miàn , ér shì cáng zài chǎng jǐng de qián tái cí zhōng 。
article.yeeyan.org
6.
Subtext means that, on the surface, the scene can appear to mean one thing, when it actually means something else entirely.
潜台词意味着，表面上，这个场景似乎指向一件事，但实际上完全是指另外的某事。
qián tái cí yì wèi zhe , biǎo miàn shàng , zhè ge chǎng jǐng sì hū zhǐ xiàng yī jiàn shì , dàn shí jì shang wán quán shì zhǐ lìng wài de mǒu shì 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
But it will also create a way for you to work subtext into the character's dialogue.
但是它也创造了一条路，让你将潜台词放进人物对话中。
dàn shì tā yě chuàng zào le yī tiáo lù , ràng nǐ jiāng qián tái cí fàng jìn rén wù duì huà zhōng 。
article.yeeyan.org
8.
The subtext of his message to less-than-generous Japanese factory operators: Disregard this order at your peril.
他对日本企业经营者所发信息的潜台词是：无视这一指示，后果自负。
tā duì rì běn qǐ yè jīng yíng zhě suǒ fā xìn xī de qián tái cí shì : wú shì zhè yī zhǐ shì , hòu guǒ zì fù 。
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9.
After 27 years of marriage, both of us understand the unspoken subtext to our exchange. It goes like this.
我俩结婚已27年，这种时候我们都知道对方的弦外之音。我们的实际意思是这样的。
wǒ liǎ jié hūn yǐ èr shí qī nián , zhè zhǒng shí hou wǒ men dōu zhī dào duì fāng de xián wài zhī yīn 。 wǒ men de shí jì yì si shì zhè yàng de 。
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10.
But no matter, because apparently the idea of a woman being elected (subtext: oh my golly! Oh my God! ) trumps all.
但这无关紧要，因为显而易见的是，一位女性正在参选这件事本身（潜台词：我的天啊！我的上帝！）
dàn zhè wú guān jǐn yào , yīn wèi xiǎn ér yì jiàn de shì , yī wèi nǚ xìng zhèng zài cān xuǎn zhè jiàn shì běn shēn ( qián tái cí : wǒ de tiān na ! wǒ de shàng dì ! )
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