explains

  基本辭彙  
[ɪk'spleɪn]     [ɪk'spleɪn]    
  • v. 說明;解釋
explainable explained explained explaining explains
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explain的英文翻譯是什麼意思,詞典釋義與在線翻譯:

詳盡釋義

v. (動詞)
  1. 說明,解釋,闡明
  2. 說明...的理由
  3. 替...辯解
  4. 吐露,講出,明說
  5. 揭開

雙解釋義

v. (動詞)
  1. vt. & vi. 講解,解釋 give or show the meaning of
  2. vt. & vi. 說明…的原因; 辯解 give or be the reason for; account for

英英釋義

Verb:
  1. make plain and comprehensible;

    "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

  2. define;

    "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

  3. 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"

explain的用法和樣例:

例句

用作動詞 (v.)
  1. She explained her conduct to her boss.
    她向老闆說明了自己那種表現的原因。
  2. He explained his plan in some detail.
    他仔細地說明了自己的計劃。
  3. The lawyer explained the new law to us.
    律師向我們解釋了新法律。

常用短語

用作動詞 (v.)
explain away (v.+adv.)
    通過解釋消除… give a satisfactory reason for; get rid of by explanation
    explain sth ⇔ away

    I didn't believe her at first, but she managed to explain away my doubts.

    起初我不相信她,可是她的解釋消除了我的懷疑。

    She explained away the child's fears.

    她通過解釋消除了孩子的恐懼。

    He tried to explain away his lateness, but we didn't accept his excuse.

    他竭力為自己遲到辯解,但是,我們不相信他的託詞。

    You will find it difficult to explain away your use of such offensive language.

    你將會發現你很難為說過這種無理的話辯解。

    He thought of a reason to explain away his failure.

    他想出一個理由為他的失敗辯解。

    John explained away his unfinished task by showing his boss a certificate for sick leave.

    約翰交給上司一個病假條,以此解釋他為什麼沒完成任務。

    The criminal tried to explain away the false signature, but it was clear that he was guilty.

    罪犯試圖為偽造簽名一事開脫自己,但他顯然是有罪的。

    The murder suspect couldn't explain away his fingerprints at the scene.

    這個殺人嫌疑犯解釋不清為什麼在殺人現場會留有他的指紋。

    Such a conclusive evidence is hard to be explained away.

    如此確鑿的證據是很難巧辯的。

explain oneself (v.+pron.)
    為自己的行為辯解 give an excuse for one's behaviour
explain to (v.+prep.)
    向…解釋 make sth clear to sb
    explain to sb

    You'd better go and explain to the teacher.

    你最好去向老師解釋清楚。

    explain sth to sb

    You should explain this matter to your wife.

    你應該向你妻子解釋這件事。

    Can you explain his behaviour to me?

    你能向我解釋清楚他的行為嗎?

    I will explain my decision to you when I come back.

    我回來時會向你解釋我的決定。

    The speaker tried to explain his meaning to the crowd.

    演講者竭力向聽眾講清他的意思。

    explain to sb that-clause

    I explained to them that three days in Beijing was very little time to see all the sights.

    我向他們說明,要把北京風光都看到三天是遠遠不夠的。

    explain to sb wh-clause

    He explained to us how the machine was used.

    他給我們講解了這機器怎麼使用。

    You'll have to explain to me why you haven't finished your work.

    你得對我講清楚你為什麼沒有完成作業。

辭彙搭配

用作動詞 (v.)
~+名詞 ~+副詞 ~+介詞

經典引文

  • He took a card from his pocket...'That will explain to Dr. Everard,' he said.

    出自: M. Gray
  • He was weary from trying to explain ideas to people who could not visualize them.

    出自: J. A. Michener
  • Briers had been explaining to his superiors what he intended to do.

    出自: C. P. Snow
  • The Blackfoot chief..explained how the braves used to drive buffalo.

    出自:Daily Telegraph
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