explain

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. transitive
    — The issue was explained to the governor in detail.
  2. To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of. transitive
    — It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
  3. To make flat, smooth out. obsolete
  4. To unfold or make visible. obsolete
    — April 14, 1684, John Evelyn, a letter sent to the Royal Society concerning the damage done to his gardens by the preceding winter The horse-chestnut is […] ready to explain its leaf.
  5. To make something plain or intelligible. intransitive
    — She tried to explain but he wouldn’t listen.

词形变化

explains present,singular,third-person explaining participle,present explained participle,past explained past explane alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
absolve clarify describe direct disclose explain illustrate inform instruct justify specify teach unravel untangle upsolve
反义词
obscure
上位词
communicate
衍生词
afore-explained dexify explainability explainable explain away explainee explainer explainify explainingly explanification mansplain misexplain overexplain please explain re-explain retain and explain -splain underexplain unexplained weedsplain Westplainer Westsplain Westsplaining
相关词
explanation explanatorily explanatory

词源

From Middle English explanen, from Old French explaner, from Latin explanō (“to flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”), from ex- (“out”) + planō (“to flatten, make level”), from planus (“level, plain”); see plain and plane. Compare esplanade, splanade. Displaced Old English reċċan.
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