clarification

名词 n.
/ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/    /ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/|/ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkæɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent. countable,uncountable
    — The clarification of wine.
  2. The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation. countable,uncountable
    — Your ideas deserve clarification.
  3. An explanatory comment on, or question about, a point of obscurity. countable,uncountable
    — Let me make just one clarification: did he kiss her, or did she kiss him?
  4. A small piece of writing supplemental to a previously published text, intended to disambiguate, explain away obscurities, but not contradict or emend the text (as would a correction). countable,uncountable
  5. Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear. countable,uncountable
    — So, just for clarification, you're saying your Chihuahua ate your homework?

词形变化

词源

Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiō.
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