| 单词 | explicate |
| 释义 | explicate (once / 811 pages) v To explicate is to explain or interpret something, maybe putting it in plain terms to make it more comprehensible for others. It might help to remember that it begins with "ex-," like the word explain, which is similar in meaning. The verb explicate comes from the Latin explicāre, which means "to unfold or unravel." This is a good description of a word that means to explain something to make it clearer and more easily understandable. Think of a puzzle or mystery: when you solve it, you sometimes have to explicate how you arrived at the solution, telling how you used the clues given to find the answer. WORD FAMILYexplicate: explicable, explicated, explicates, explicating, explication+/explicable: explicably, inexplicable/explication: explications/inexplicable: inexplicably USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s a cozy scene, one that plays like a throwback to family sitcoms of a bygone era without ever explicating why. Los Angeles Times(Sep 08, 2016) Some of the options are pretty scary, but the one that is explicated using Roddenberry’s world is by far the most appealing. Seattle Times(Sep 02, 2016) How did you decide what to focus on and explicate? National Geographic(Jun 16, 2016) 1v elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses Syn|Hypo|Hyper develop, formulate develop elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme acquire, develop, evolvegain through experience mature develop and work out fully in one's mind redevelop, reformulateformulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds 2v make plain and comprehensible Syn|Hypo|Hyper explain 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 |
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