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explain

英 [ɪk'spleɪn; ek-] 美[ɪk'splen]

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近义词solve show justify interpret describe answer illustrate clarify demonstrate illuminate

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v. 说明；解释

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

中文词源

explain 解释

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

英英释意

1. make palin and comprehensible;: "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

2. define;: "The committe 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 amy explain her reluctance to date again"

英文词源

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.

同义词辨析

explain, interpret, illustrate, clarify, account

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。

考试真题

My memory is like a library of video tapes, walk-throughs of every day of my life from waking to sleeping, he explains.

I'm extremely sensitive to sounds, smells and visual detail, explains Nicole Donohue, who has taken part in many of these studies.

Could he help explain her experiences?McGaugh invited her to his lab, and began to test her: he would give her a date and ask her to tell him about the world events on that day.

So, Soupios explains, it is not worth it to waste our physical, intellectual and spiritual energy worrying about things that are beyond our control.

Robison explained.

Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.

But many tech home remedies can be explained by a little science.

Students' belief about the cause of their failure explains their attitude toward setbacks.

I realized these different types of students not only explain their failures differently, but they also hold different theories of intelligence.

Gamification is about understanding what it is that makes games engaging and what game designers do to create a great experience in games, and taking those learnings and applying them to other contexts such as the workplace and education, explains Kevin Werbach, a gamification expert who teaches at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.

To explain the increase of international oil trade.

Inkling CEO Matt Maclnnis explains that the problem with Course Smart's current digital textbooks is that they have to be revised repeatedly.

At Alfie's, the newest of the British restaurants in town and perhaps the most gentlemen's club-like in design, Neil Tomes explains his passion for provenance (原产地).

We can get a lot of our ingredients once a week from the UK," Tamlyn explains

Kao said she cautions against forming any generalizations based on any one of the studies, noting that more background characteristics of the students need to be studied and explained.

Now how can we explain these very different results?

What does the speaker try to explain?

Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act

I'm having a lot of trouble with logic and it seems my professor can't explain it in a way that makes sense to me.

But now I don't know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it

But now I don't know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it.

To prevent such tragedies, fire fighter Eric Velez gives talks to children in his community, explaining that they should never hide during a fire.

My biology teacher did not even let me explain why I missed the field trip.

Can you explain what it means

And as they explain the information to Betty, they identify problems in their own thinking.

Could he help explain her experiences?

Economic factors seem to explain less of why young adult women are increasingly likely to live at home.

For women,delayed marriage—which is related, in part, to labor market outcomes for men—may explain more of the increase in their living in the family home.

I realized these different types of students not only explain their failures differently, but they also hold different "theories" of intelligence.

She also wants to explain that there are no right or wrong answers regarding manners on this front yet, because the technology is just now becoming mainstream.

a basis for explaining human genetic diversityan aid to understanding different populationsan explanation for social and cultural differencesa term to describe individual human characteristicsmodern genetics research is likely to fuel racial conflictsrace is a poorly defined marker of human genetic diversityrace as a biological term can explain human genetic diversitygenetics research should consider social and cultural variablesit is absolutely necessary to put race aside in making diagnosisit is important to include social variables in genetics researchracial categories for genetic diversity could lead to wrong clinical predictionsdiscrimination against black people may cause negligence in clinical treatmentThey be more precise with the language they use.

That, too, explains the heavy Washington presence at this year's show, as these new technologies intrude upon heavily regulated areas.

Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always on, they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, work habits and interactions with family and friends.

That helps explain why, as I'm First's Rubinoff indicated, the schools to which these students end up resorting can end up being some of the poorest matches for them.

So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

Physical characteristics of moving objects help explain the dynamics of energy systems.

Can you just explain what process you go through with a new client?

first, they explain that if a given variable is playing a role in affecting well-being, then we should expect any change in that variable to correlate with the observed changes in well-being.

Have you ever had someone try to explain something to you a dozen times with no luck?

It is yet a challenge to explain the cause-and-effect relationship between sleep and nutrition.

On the exercise’s website, officials explain that the report they prepare during this rehearsal will inform disaster management for years to come.

That helps explain why, as I'm first's Rubinoff indicated, the schools to which these students end up resorting can end up being some of the poorest matches for them.

The finding points to longstanding evidence that fiber may reduce circulating female hormone levels, which could explain the reduced risk.

We need more scientists who can explain what they are doing in language that is convincing and understandable to the public.

Berger explains in his new book, "contagious: why things catch on."

But, if I could explain, my mother doesn't want me to go overseas.

Chris lewis will explain how brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early "civil engineers".

Daughter elisabeth explains, "our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace."

Explain why she was interested in the computer.

Explain why the number of certain species has declined.

Explain your frustrations calmly and sensibly—see it as an opportunity to clear up any difficulties you may have with this person.

For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction.

Furthermore, as many teachers agree, children understand far more when parents watch TV with them, explaining new words and ideas.

He struggled to explain what he heard in his head.

However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden.

If Tononi's theory is right, it would explain why, when we miss a night's, we find it harder the next day to concentrate and learn new information — our brains may have smaller room for new experiences.

If you are in need of a deadline extension, simply explain the situation to the professor.

In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol explained our role in the earth's changing atmosphere and set international limits for gas emissions from 2008 to 2012.

In this instance, the best solution is to send a quick, light-hearted apology to explain your awkwardness.

It explains the history of artistic works.

It's much easier to excuse yourself to get back to your work than if you try to get someone out of your space even after explaining how busy you are.

Let me explain a little about it.

Perhaps evolution provided human babies with curiosity and a natural drive to explain their worlds, and adult scientists simply make use of the same drive that served them as children.

Phil Blythe explains: "For many older people, particularly those living alone or in the country, driving is important for preserving their independence, giving them the freedom to get out and about without having to rely on others."

Professor david Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group.

So how do you explain your job to kids?

Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.

Tell the person you're sorry and explain that you have a million things to do and then ask if the two of you can talk at a different time.

That can be a lot more efficient than pages and pages explaining the data.

The author explains the role of food in celebrations by using examples.

The author mentions the functions of science at the beginning of the passage to explain why many writers use science in their works.

The presenter will use examples from his first on-line class to explain how any teacher can begin teaching on-line with teo.

The real reason why prices were, and still are, too high is complex, and no short discussion can satisfactorily explain this problem.

The world may be more clearly explained through children's play.

The writer believes that technology explains greater parental involvement with their children.

To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate their actions.

Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London's ice trade grew.

Write another email as swiftly as you can and send it with a brief explaining that this is the correct version and the previous version should be ignored.

Yet it's the only way to explain what we've done to the night: we've engineered it to receive us by filling it with light.

On the contrary, constraints on improving productivity explain why education isn't developing more quickly there than it is.

The theory also seems to explain the sudden and unexpected popularity of people was wearing, promoting or developing whatever it is before anyone else paid attention.

The idea is intuitively compelling,but it doesn’t explain how ideas actually spread.

In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada ,Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her, Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.

It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs’ continuing popularity polarized.

But it is really happiness that's linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities explain why firms there spend more on R and D?

The common idea that high CEO pay is mainly about ripping people off doesn't explain history very well.

The findings do not simply explain people's tendency to befriend those of similar ethnic backgrounds, say the researchers.

The idea is intuitively compelling, but it doesn't explain how ideas actually spread.

The theory also seems to explain the sudden and unexpected popularity of certain looks, brands, or neighborhoods.

Why this similarity exists in smell genes is difficult to explain, for now.

词组搭配

explain oneself

expand on what one has said in order to make one's meaning clear

把自己的意思解释清楚

explain away

To dismiss or get rid of by or as if by explaining.

辩护：用解释或类似的办法消除或摆脱

To minimize by explanation.

辩白：用解释减少

实用场景例句

Can you explain how the email system works?: 你能说明一下电子邮件系统的工作原理吗？

She explained to them what to do in an emergency.: 她向他们说明了紧急情况下应采取的行动。

‘It works like this, ’ she explained.: “它是这样工作的。”她解释道。

She tried to explain but he wouldn't listen.: 她试图说明一下原因，可他根本不听。

Alex explained that his car had broken down.: 亚历克斯解释说他的汽车出了毛病。

Well, that doesn't explain why you didn't phone.: 嗳，那不是你不打电话的理由。

scientific findings that help explain the origins of the universe: 有助于解释宇宙起源的科学发现

The government now has to explain its decision to the public.: 政府现在必须向公众解释决策的理由。

(informal)Oh well then, that explains it (= I understand now why sth happened) .: 噢，原来是这么回事。

I really don't see why I should have to explain myself to you.: 我真不明白我为什么非要向你解释我的行为不可。

Could you explain yourself a little more─I didn't understand.: 请把你的意思说得更清楚一点——我还不明白。

First, I'll explain the rules of the game.: 首先我要说明一下游戏规则。

It was difficult to explain the problem to beginners.: 对初学者解释这个问题很难。

‘Let me explain! ’ he added helpfully.: “让我来说明一下！”他热心地补充道。

I explained that an ambulance would be coming soon.: 我解释说救护车很快就到。

He explained who each person in the photo was.: 他对照片里的人一一作了介绍。

Not every judge, however, has the ability to explain the law in simple terms...: 然而，不是每个法官都能用简单的语言来解释法律。

Don't sign anything until your solicitor has explained the contract to you...: 在律师向你解释清楚合同之前，不要签署任何东西。

'Let me explain, sir.' — 'Don't tell me about it. I don't want to know.'...: “您听我解释，先生。”——“别跟我说，我不想知道。”

Before she ran away, she left a note explaining her actions...: 逃跑前，她留下一张便条解释原委。

I can't explain such a statement by him on the basis of logic. He must have blown his top.: 我从逻辑推理方面解释不了他讲的这番话,他想必是神经错乱了.

He will explain it fully once and for all.: 他将把它充分地解释一次就此了结.

Many theories purport to explain growth in terms of a single cause.: 许多理论都标榜以单一的原因解释生长.

Please explain to me where to begin and how to do it.: 请向我说明从哪里开始以及怎样做.

Don't try to explain away the situation. If you have made mistakes, just admit them.: 不要再分辩了, 有错误就承认嘛!

Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.: 让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么.

He failed to explain his meaning generally.: 他未能把自己的意思完全说清楚.

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