🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

显式规则

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiǎnshì guīzé

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Explicit rule/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt ruːl/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"算法遵循一个显式规则。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A clearly formulated, stated, and conscious guideline, law, or principle that is articulated directly rather than implied.

    "The programming language operates strictly on an explicit rule regarding variable declaration."
  2. 2

    In linguistics and cognitive psychology, a consciously learned grammar or behavioral principle that a learner can verbalize.

    "Second language acquisition research often contrasts explicit rules learned in classrooms with implicit acquisition."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'explicit' from Latin explicitus (unfolded, clear) via Middle French, and 'rule' from Old French rule, derived from Latin regula (straight stick, pattern). Together, the compound emerged in modern linguistics, cognitive science, and computer science to denote formally stated guidelines or regulations rather than tacit understandings.

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