单词 | re-explain |
释义 | > as lemmasre-explain re-explain v. Brit. /ˌriːᵻkˈspleɪn/ , /ˌriːɛkˈspleɪn/ , U.S. /ˌriɪkˈspleɪn/ , /ˌriɛkˈspleɪn/ ΚΠ 1758 tr. Voltaire Maid of Orleans I. iii. 60 What writings, what disquisitions, what mandates, what explications, to be re-explained [Fr. que l'on explique encor], lest any thing should be understood! 1804–6 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) xix. 282 A writer has no such..power of re-explaining them. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl II. xxxi. 126 She had explained at home, she had repeatedly re-explained, the terms of her dilemma. 1989 ‘J. Gash’ Jade Woman (1990) xxi. 181 Geckos I'd seen before but had to have them re-explained to me. < as lemmas |
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