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

Clarify means to clear up confusion and make it all understandable. In a heart-breaking text, she clarified that she never ever wanted to see him again. It's also means to remove impurities in a liquid; you clarify butter by gently heating it.

Clarify and clear are related, of course, and clear means you can see right through it. If you clarify your intention or your meaning, others will understand it clearly. If you aren't clear at the outset, you might find the need to clarify what you want later.

WORD FAMILY

clarify: clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying+/clarification: clarifications

USAGE EXAMPLES

Writing down your meals, snacks and daily stressors helps clarify your true habits, and set healthy, reachable goals.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

Bentonite helps with everything from clarifying wine to keeping landfills from leaking.

Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017)

Once that was clarified, Nelson said, the professional response was “overwhelmingly positive”.

The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)

1v make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

clarify the butter
clarify beer

Hyper

alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

2v make clear and (more) comprehensible

clarify the mystery surrounding her death

Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper

clear up, elucidate

obfuscate

make obscure or unclear

demystify

make less mysterious or remove the mystery from

clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out

make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

disambiguate

state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from

detail

provide details for

exposit, expound, set forth

state

exemplify, illustrate, instance

clarify by giving an example of

particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify

be specific about

explain, explicate

make plain and comprehensible

单词	clarify
释义	clarify (once / 1661 pages) v Clarify means to clear up confusion and make it all understandable. In a heart-breaking text, she clarified that she never ever wanted to see him again. It's also means to remove impurities in a liquid; you clarify butter by gently heating it. Clarify and clear are related, of course, and clear means you can see right through it. If you clarify your intention or your meaning, others will understand it clearly. If you aren't clear at the outset, you might find the need to clarify what you want later. WORD FAMILY clarify: clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying+/clarification: clarifications USAGE EXAMPLES Writing down your meals, snacks and daily stressors helps clarify your true habits, and set healthy, reachable goals. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Bentonite helps with everything from clarifying wine to keeping landfills from leaking. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Once that was clarified, Nelson said, the professional response was “overwhelmingly positive”. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1v make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating clarify the butter clarify beer Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v make clear and (more) comprehensible clarify the mystery surrounding her death Syn\|Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper clear up, elucidate obfuscate make obscure or unclear demystify make less mysterious or remove the mystery from clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing disambiguate state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from detail provide details for exposit, expound, set forth state exemplify, illustrate, instance clarify by giving an example of particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify be specific about explain, explicate make plain and comprehensible
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