subtext
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsʌb.tekst/ us/ˈsʌb.tekst/
潜在含义，潜台词;弦外之音
a hidden or less obvious meaning
The political subtext of her novel is a criticism of government interference in individual lives. 她那部小说的政治潜台词是批评政府对个人生活的干预。
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- Surely there was more subtext to this discussion than I was picking up on.
- The subtext in this film is hardly subtle.
- The director's films are all about double meanings, subtexts and metaphors.
- For many people, these plans are fraught with historical subtext.
- The subversively anti-patriarchal subtext to the exhibition didn't need to be spelled out for museum-goers to understand it.