explanationn.

Brit.

/ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/

Forms: Middle English explanacioun, Middle English–1600s explanacion, 1500s explanacyon, 1500s– explanation; also Scottish pre-1700 explanatioun.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French explanation; Latin explānātiōn-, explānātiō.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman explanacioun action or process of explaining something (early 14th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin explānātiōn-, explānātiō process of setting out clearly in words, exposition, clear enunciation (of words) < explānāt- , past participial stem of explānāre explain v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.

1. The action or process of explaining something. Also: an instance of explaining.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]

keyeOE

undoinga1330

expositiona1340

declarationc1374

declaringc1374

clearingc1380

expoundingc1380

explanationa1382

interpretation1382

exploitingc1390

unfolding1483

explicating1531

explication1537

clearance?1548

elucidation1570

explaining1576

manifestation1576

untwining1577

illustration1581

untwisting1591

eviscerating1599

unclouding1601

enodation1603

opening1611

dilucidation1615

unsnarling1640

declarement1646

enucleation1650

illumination1656

dilucidatinga1660

luciferousness1665

clarifying1677

unravelling1713

disentanglement1751

exegesis1770

disambiguation1827

evisceration1831

keyword1848

clarificationa1866

exponence1880

exponency1880

straightening1900

demystification1964

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. Prol. l. 45 We han demed..to sittyn to þe explanacion [L. explanationi] of þe prophetys.

c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 514 (MED) I wol..labure to the explanacion of myne entent.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 478/2 By which explanacions by mouth the people came into y^e vndouted trouth.

a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 266 I..have forboren to incert..som propper inferrences for explanacion of such names..and t[erms], as you haue not ben used to read, especially in so scribled a hand.

1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 155 I pass to the Explanation of the following Table.

1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. II. 153 I proceed to the particular explanation of the precept before us.

1764 G. Elliot Let. 25 Apr. in D. Hume Lett. (1932) II. 351 I am not at all surpris'd that it cost you near two pages of apology & explanation before you woud even intrust me with the secret.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 666 The malignity..seemed to require explanation.

1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. iii. ii. 176 ‘Well, no,’ replies Sarah a little blankly, and for once in her life making no attempt at repartee or explanation.

1938 Life 21 Feb. 38/2 Some of the terms need explanation.

1974 New Scientist 19 Dec. 861/1 The extinction of whole groups of animals is in any circumstances interesting enough to demand explanation.

2006 Scots Mag. June 614/2 I marked around 12 words which had footnotes or which might need explanation for modern children.

2. A thing which explains, makes clear, or accounts for something; a method of explaining or accounting for something; a statement that makes things intelligible. Also: (as a title) a document, treatise, etc., composed for the purpose of explaining.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation > that which provides

keyeOE

explanation?a1475

master key1577

explanatory1650

cluea1665

clew1725

lead1851

solvent1865

accounting1885

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 105 Aristobolus, a Iewe, wrote to Ptholomeus the commentaryes of the explanaciones [L. explanationum] in to Moyses.

1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. ✶.ii The explanacion of the heauenly doctryne, whom we now cal y^e godly office of a preacher.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1616) 109 This explanation resembleth the riddle of Phynx [read Sphynx].

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity i. 3 I have more at large discoursed in my Explanation of the Mystery of Godliness.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 214 The ill effects that were like to follow, on those different Explanations [of the Trinity].

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 23 La Motte now asked for an explanation of the scene.

1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. vi. 233 Facts are not to be rejected merely because the explanation offered of them proves to be erroneous.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. iv. 44 Vast sums were found to have been received..of which no explanation had been given.

1931 C. V. Sweet U.S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 107 (title) An explanation of American lumber standards.

1932 Science 15 July 41/1 The suggested theories would offer plausible explanations for clinical non-success in the past.

1965 Negro Digest Sept. 48/2 ‘Progressive art moves forward in the expression of ideas’, is the extent of his explanation.

2000 Cincinnati Nov. 38/2 He seemed a wee bit put off by my explanation of Independence Day's history.

2014 Wire (Nexis) 2 Feb. (headline) A brief explanation of why the Broncos got drubbed.

†3. A mutual declaration of the sense of spoken words, motives of actions, etc., with a view to adjusting a misunderstanding and reconciling differences. Hence: a mutual understanding or reconciliation of parties who have been at variance. Frequently in to come to an explanation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > reconciliation > by mutual explanation of words or motives

explication1686

explanation1706

1706 J. Vanbrugh Mistake iv. i. 36 Leonora and Lorenzo must soon come to some Explanation; the Dispute is too Monstrous to pass over.

1784 R. Hey Diss. Duelling vi. iii. 77 (heading) Disputes settled by amicable Explanation between the parties.

1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 34 I shall come to an immediate explanation with your father on the subject.

1880 J. E. Cooke Virginia Bohemians 197/1 As you can now have no desire to come to an explanation with him, Miss Bassick can take your place.

Phrases

P1.

Act of Explanation n. now historical a 1665 Act of the Irish Parliament clarifying and refining the force and application of the 1662 Act of Settlement; cf. Explanatory Act n. at explanatory adj. and n. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1558–9 Act 1 Elizabeth I c. 6 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 366 (title) An acte for the explanacion of the statute of sedytyous woordes and rumours.]

1670 Whereas Divers Persons who had passed Certificates from His Majesties Late Commissioners (Ld. Lieutenant & Council Ireland) 28 Mar. (single sheet) His Majesties late Commissioners appointed for putting in Execution the Acts of Setlement and Explanation of such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments..had neglected to pass their Letters Patents thereupon.

1689 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 555 The..parliament..have repealed..the acts of settlement and explanation.

1886 C. P. Deane Short Hist. Ireland viii. 85 Customs and excise were voted in like manner in return for the Acts of Explanation and Settlement.

1986 R. L. Greaves Deliver Us from Evil v. 135 In 1665 an Act of Explanation allowed one-third of the lands of soldiers and adventurers to be confiscated to help meet other claims.

2009 J. Livesey Civil Society & Empire iii. 114 The parliament..pushed through repeal of the Act of Settlement (1662) and the Act of Explanation (1665) against James's wishes.

P2. in explanation of: for the purpose of explaining.

ΚΠ

1603 E. Jorden Briefe Disc. Dis. called Suffocation of Mother i. sig. B4 And thus much in explanation of these two arguments of Hyppocrates against the errour of his time.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles iv. 59 Somewhat will only be necessary to be said in Explanation of them.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxi. 154 A few lines, in explanation of some passages in my last letter.

1880 A. W. Tourgée Invis. Empire v. 413 In explanation of the backing-out process, he says it consisted simply in not going to any more meetings.

1910 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 171 In explanation of the difference in age between the smokers and the non-smokers, Dr. Seaver says : ‘The difference in age in the two groups points to an age limit to parental restraint.’

1978 J. Senior Death Christian Culture vi. 85 On page two..he says in explanation of a book of maxims, that they are ‘like a work of doubtless far deeper emotion and power’.

2005 Flying Nov. 65/3 The simulator is a ‘$400,000 option’ Ferrante said, in explanation of the $105 hourly rental that Certified charges.

Compounds

General attributive, objective, and appositive.

ΚΠ

1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 46 in Athenæ Britannicæ III It passes through his own Explanation-strainer.

1910 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 37 633 Thus arise the well-known ‘explanation-delusions’ of the psychotic.

2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 60/2 But the India-rubber-man resiliency of Clinton makes it hard to believe his explanation-excuse for later aberrations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	explanation
释义	explanationn. Brit. /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/ Forms: Middle English explanacioun, Middle English–1600s explanacion, 1500s explanacyon, 1500s– explanation; also Scottish pre-1700 explanatioun. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French explanation; Latin explānātiōn-, explānātiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman explanacioun action or process of explaining something (early 14th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin explānātiōn-, explānātiō process of setting out clearly in words, exposition, clear enunciation (of words) < explānāt- , past participial stem of explānāre explain v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. 1. The action or process of explaining something. Also: an instance of explaining. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] keyeOE undoinga1330 expositiona1340 declarationc1374 declaringc1374 clearingc1380 expoundingc1380 explanationa1382 interpretation1382 exploitingc1390 unfolding1483 explicating1531 explication1537 clearance?1548 elucidation1570 explaining1576 manifestation1576 untwining1577 illustration1581 untwisting1591 eviscerating1599 unclouding1601 enodation1603 opening1611 dilucidation1615 unsnarling1640 declarement1646 enucleation1650 illumination1656 dilucidatinga1660 luciferousness1665 clarifying1677 unravelling1713 disentanglement1751 exegesis1770 disambiguation1827 evisceration1831 keyword1848 clarificationa1866 exponence1880 exponency1880 straightening1900 demystification1964 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. Prol. l. 45 We han demed..to sittyn to þe explanacion [L. explanationi] of þe prophetys. c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 514 (MED) I wol..labure to the explanacion of myne entent. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 478/2 By which explanacions by mouth the people came into y^e vndouted trouth. a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 266 I..have forboren to incert..som propper inferrences for explanacion of such names..and t[erms], as you haue not ben used to read, especially in so scribled a hand. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 155 I pass to the Explanation of the following Table. 1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. II. 153 I proceed to the particular explanation of the precept before us. 1764 G. Elliot Let. 25 Apr. in D. Hume Lett. (1932) II. 351 I am not at all surpris'd that it cost you near two pages of apology & explanation before you woud even intrust me with the secret. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 666 The malignity..seemed to require explanation. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. iii. ii. 176 ‘Well, no,’ replies Sarah a little blankly, and for once in her life making no attempt at repartee or explanation. 1938 Life 21 Feb. 38/2 Some of the terms need explanation. 1974 New Scientist 19 Dec. 861/1 The extinction of whole groups of animals is in any circumstances interesting enough to demand explanation. 2006 Scots Mag. June 614/2 I marked around 12 words which had footnotes or which might need explanation for modern children. 2. A thing which explains, makes clear, or accounts for something; a method of explaining or accounting for something; a statement that makes things intelligible. Also: (as a title) a document, treatise, etc., composed for the purpose of explaining. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation > that which provides keyeOE explanation?a1475 master key1577 explanatory1650 cluea1665 clew1725 lead1851 solvent1865 accounting1885 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 105 Aristobolus, a Iewe, wrote to Ptholomeus the commentaryes of the explanaciones [L. explanationum] in to Moyses. 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. ✶.ii The explanacion of the heauenly doctryne, whom we now cal y^e godly office of a preacher. a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1616) 109 This explanation resembleth the riddle of Phynx [read Sphynx]. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity i. 3 I have more at large discoursed in my Explanation of the Mystery of Godliness. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 214 The ill effects that were like to follow, on those different Explanations [of the Trinity]. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 23 La Motte now asked for an explanation of the scene. 1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. vi. 233 Facts are not to be rejected merely because the explanation offered of them proves to be erroneous. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. iv. 44 Vast sums were found to have been received..of which no explanation had been given. 1931 C. V. Sweet U.S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 107 (title) An explanation of American lumber standards. 1932 Science 15 July 41/1 The suggested theories would offer plausible explanations for clinical non-success in the past. 1965 Negro Digest Sept. 48/2 ‘Progressive art moves forward in the expression of ideas’, is the extent of his explanation. 2000 Cincinnati Nov. 38/2 He seemed a wee bit put off by my explanation of Independence Day's history. 2014 Wire (Nexis) 2 Feb. (headline) A brief explanation of why the Broncos got drubbed. †3. A mutual declaration of the sense of spoken words, motives of actions, etc., with a view to adjusting a misunderstanding and reconciling differences. Hence: a mutual understanding or reconciliation of parties who have been at variance. Frequently in to come to an explanation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > reconciliation > by mutual explanation of words or motives explication1686 explanation1706 1706 J. Vanbrugh Mistake iv. i. 36 Leonora and Lorenzo must soon come to some Explanation; the Dispute is too Monstrous to pass over. 1784 R. Hey Diss. Duelling vi. iii. 77 (heading) Disputes settled by amicable Explanation between the parties. 1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 34 I shall come to an immediate explanation with your father on the subject. 1880 J. E. Cooke Virginia Bohemians 197/1 As you can now have no desire to come to an explanation with him, Miss Bassick can take your place. Phrases P1. Act of Explanation n. now historical a 1665 Act of the Irish Parliament clarifying and refining the force and application of the 1662 Act of Settlement; cf. Explanatory Act n. at explanatory adj. and n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1558–9 Act 1 Elizabeth I c. 6 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 366 (title) An acte for the explanacion of the statute of sedytyous woordes and rumours.] 1670 Whereas Divers Persons who had passed Certificates from His Majesties Late Commissioners (Ld. Lieutenant & Council Ireland) 28 Mar. (single sheet) His Majesties late Commissioners appointed for putting in Execution the Acts of Setlement and Explanation of such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments..had neglected to pass their Letters Patents thereupon. 1689 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 555 The..parliament..have repealed..the acts of settlement and explanation. 1886 C. P. Deane Short Hist. Ireland viii. 85 Customs and excise were voted in like manner in return for the Acts of Explanation and Settlement. 1986 R. L. Greaves Deliver Us from Evil v. 135 In 1665 an Act of Explanation allowed one-third of the lands of soldiers and adventurers to be confiscated to help meet other claims. 2009 J. Livesey Civil Society & Empire iii. 114 The parliament..pushed through repeal of the Act of Settlement (1662) and the Act of Explanation (1665) against James's wishes. P2. in explanation of: for the purpose of explaining. ΚΠ 1603 E. Jorden Briefe Disc. Dis. called Suffocation of Mother i. sig. B4 And thus much in explanation of these two arguments of Hyppocrates against the errour of his time. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles iv. 59 Somewhat will only be necessary to be said in Explanation of them. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxi. 154 A few lines, in explanation of some passages in my last letter. 1880 A. W. Tourgée Invis. Empire v. 413 In explanation of the backing-out process, he says it consisted simply in not going to any more meetings. 1910 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 171 In explanation of the difference in age between the smokers and the non-smokers, Dr. Seaver says : ‘The difference in age in the two groups points to an age limit to parental restraint.’ 1978 J. Senior Death Christian Culture vi. 85 On page two..he says in explanation of a book of maxims, that they are ‘like a work of doubtless far deeper emotion and power’. 2005 Flying Nov. 65/3 The simulator is a ‘$400,000 option’ Ferrante said, in explanation of the $105 hourly rental that Certified charges. Compounds General attributive, objective, and appositive. ΚΠ 1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 46 in Athenæ Britannicæ III It passes through his own Explanation-strainer. 1910 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 37 633 Thus arise the well-known ‘explanation-delusions’ of the psychotic. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 60/2 But the India-rubber-man resiliency of Clinton makes it hard to believe his explanation-excuse for later aberrations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
随便看	θ214275 θ214276 θ214277 θ214278 θ214279 θ21428 θ214280 θ214281 θ214282 θ214283 θ214284 θ214285 θ214286 θ214287 θ214288 θ214289 θ21429 θ214290 θ214291 θ214292 θ214293 θ214294 θ214295 θ214296 θ214297