explain
基本释义
- v.解释,说明;说明(……的)原因,解释(……的)理由
词语例句
解释,说明vt.&vi.
高中六级四级Not every judge, however, has the ability to explain the law in simple terms.
然而,并非每个法官都能用浅易的话来解释法律。
After I explained to Juan that yes, we did have a moon and yes, it was very similar to his, I felt a sort of awe at the possibilities that existed in his world.
当我向胡安解释说,是的,我们确实有一个月亮,是的,它和他的月亮非常相似,我对他的世界里存在的可能性感到一种敬畏。
For thousands of years, people have known that the best way to understand a concept is to explain it to someone else.
几千年来,人们都知道,理解一个概念的最好方法就是向别人解释它。
说明(……的)原因,解释(……的)理由vt.&vi.
六级四级Before she ran away, she left a note explaining her actions.
逃走之前,她留下了张便条为她的行为作了解释。
Economic factors seem to explain less of why young adult women are increasingly likely to live at home.
经济因素似乎不足以解释为什么更多的年轻成年女性可能住在家里。
They spend a lot of time explaining the recent rising price to newspaper reporters.
他们花了很多时间向报社记者解释最近物价上涨的原因。
- It's pretty hard to explain.这事很难解释清楚。来自《牛津词典》
- Explain why you didn't telephone.解释一下你为什么不打电话。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Can you explain that point again?你能再解释一下那一点吗?来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- explain oneself为自己辩解;说明自己意图
- explain away通过解释消除
- explain clearly阐明,清晰的解释
- explain sth. to sb.向某人解释某事
- EXPLAIN PLAN执行计划;阅读;单独使用;解释计划
- No Time To Explain没空解释;没时间解释;激光男孩;没空说明
- explain away搪塞;解释掉;解释
- explain oneself为自己辩解;说明自己的意图;说明自己的意思
- Explain in words言传
词语扩展
- clarify/interpret/account/explain/illustrate
- clarify指把已发生的事件。情况和现状说清楚。
- interpret着重以特殊的知识、经验来解释难理解的事情。
- account说明某事物如何符合自然法则或逻辑。
- explain含义广,最普通用词,指把某事向原来不了解、不清楚的人解释明白、说清楚等。
- illustrate多指用实例或插图、图表加以说明。
词义分布
英英释义
- v.make plain and comprehensible
- v.define
- v.serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- v.to describe something to someone so that they can understand it
(为促进理解)解释,说明- He explained the law in simple language.他用简单的语言解释了法律。
- Professor Griffiths explained how the drug works.格里菲思教授说明了这种药物的作用原理。
- v.to give reasons for something that happened
辩解;解释;说明…的理由- She left a note explaining her actions.她留了张字条解释自己的举动。
- Can you explain why you didn't telephone?你能解释下为什么没打电话吗?
词源
- explain解释ex-, 向外。-plain, 平的,词源同plan, plain. 即展开,解释。