explain是什么意思_explain怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

serve as a reason or cause or justification of;"Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"
"Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"

中英词源

explain 解释

ex-, 向外。-plain, 平的，词源同plan, plain. 即展开，解释。

explain: explain: [15] To explain a matter is literally to ‘make it plain’. The word comes from Latin explānāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ex- and the adjective plānus ‘flat’ (source of English plain). This originally meant ‘flatten out, make smooth’, but the metaphorical sense ‘make clear’ soon took over, and accompanied the verb into English (although in the 16th and 17th centuries a few scholars attempted to revive the literal sense: ‘He must calm and explain his forehead’, Sir Thomas Chalenor, translation of Desiderus Erasmus’ Praise of Folly 1549).
=> esplanade, plain
explain (v.): early 15c., from Latin explanare "to explain, make clear, make plain" (see explanation). Originally explane, spelling altered by influence of plain. Also see plane (v.2). In 17c., occasionally used more literally, of the unfolding of material things: Evelyn has buds that "explain into leaves" ["Sylva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions," 1664]. Related: Explained; explaining; explains. To explain (something) away is from 1709.

词态变化

第三人称单数 explains;
过去式 explained;
过去分词 explained;
现在分词 explaining;

权威造句

1. Her aggressiveness made it difficult for him to explain his own feelings.: 她咄咄逼人的态度让他难以解释自己的感情。

2. Hospital discipline was broken. Amy would have to explain herself.: 破坏了医院的纪律，埃米将不得不为自己辩解。

3. Doctors cannot be bothered to explain what they do.: 医生们才懒得解释他们所做的事情。

4. Our traveller"sbehaviour on the journey is hard to explain.: 我们的旅客一路上的行为让人很难解释。

5. Oh, I can"t explain it. It"s just unreal. Everybody is so happy.: 啊，我都没法形容。就是太棒了，每个人都很高兴。

近反义词

define

explicate

expound

interpret

account for

justify

相似短语

explain … as … 把…解释为…

explain ... as ... 把…解释为…

explain oneself 说明自己的意思,为自己的行为辩解

explain by analogy 用类推的方法说明…

explain from ... 根据…解释说

explain from … 根据…解释说

explain away v.把...解释过去

maintain railways 养路

air raid 空袭

brain drainer 外流的人才

单词分析

这些动词均有“说明”之意。
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。
interpret着重以特殊的知识、经验来解释难理解的事情。
illustrate多指用实例或插图、图表加以说明。
clarify指把已发生的事件。情况和现状说清楚。
account说明某事物如何符合自然法则或逻辑。

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