complicit
形容词 adj.
英 /kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/
美 /kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.
— It [slavery] has set the seal of a complicit, guilty silence upon the most orthodox pulpits and the saintliest tongues, […]
词源
Most likely a back-formation from complicity, under the influence of words such as explicit, as though the suffix -ity were composed of -it (from Latin -itus) and -y.
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