| 单词 | explain |
| 释义 | explain (once / 30 pages) v To explain something is to define it, show how it works, or just tell what it is. Explaining helps people understand. If you know football really well, then you could probably explain it to a non-fan. Explaining makes things clearer. A lot of teaching is explaining — telling how something works. Also, if you do something wrong, people will ask you to explain your actions. Explaining can help someone "get it" — whatever "it" is. WORD FAMILYexplain: explainable, explained, explaining, explains, explanation, explanatory, re-explain+/explainable: explainably, unexplainable/explained: unexplained/explanation: explanations/explanatory: explanatorily, self-explanatory/unexplainable: unexplainably/unexplained: unexplainedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe scientists, he explained, didn’t do a good job of communicating the nuances of their forecasts. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) But in some cases, the silence was deafening, and what wasn’t explained provided fodder for conversation. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) She didn’t explain why Russia needed more time to consider the move. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1v make plain and comprehensible He explained the laws of physics to his students Syn|Hypo|Hyper explicate interpret, rede give an interpretation or explanation to account forgive reasons for naturalizeexplain with reference to nature clarify, clear up, elucidatemake clear and (more) comprehensible commentexplain or interpret something demystifymake less mysterious or remove the mystery from clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten outmake free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear second-guessevaluate or criticize with hindsight moralise, moralizeinterpret the moral meaning of deconstructinterpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing re-explain, reinterpretinterpret from a different viewpoint commentateserve as a commentator, as in sportscasting misinterpretinterpret falsely dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrateadd details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing disambiguatestate unambiguously or remove ambiguities from annotate, comment, glossprovide interlinear explanations for words or phrases commentatemake a commentary on DJ, disc-jockey, disk-jockeycomment on music to be played inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 2v define The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean Hyper say, state, tell express in words 3v serve as a reason or cause or justification of Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again Syn|Hypo|Hyper excuse alibi exonerate by means of an alibi justify, vindicate show to be right by providing justification or proof |
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