英语词汇“explicate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

explicateexplicate /ˈɛkspləˌkeɪt/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYexplicate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of explicare to unfold, from plicare to fold

VERB TABLE

explicate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	explicate
	he, she, it	explicates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	explicated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have explicated
	he, she, it	has explicated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had explicated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will explicate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have explicated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am explicating
	he, she, it	is explicating
	you, we, they	are explicating
Past	I, he, she, it	was explicating
	you, we, they	were explicating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been explicating
	he, she, it	has been explicating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been explicating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be explicating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been explicating

formal to explain a work of literature, an idea, etc. in detail: It’s not easy to explicate a poem.—explication /ˌɛkspləˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]