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explain
- IPA[ikˈsplān]
美式
- make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas;account for (an action or event) by giving a reason as excuse or justification
verb: explain, 3rd person present: explains, gerund or present participle: explaining, past tense: explained, past participle: explained
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動詞
- 1. make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas they explained that their lives centered on the religious rituals he explained the situation 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ account for (an action or event) by giving a reason as excuse or justification Callie found it necessary to explain her blackened eye he makes athletes explain why they made a mistake 同義詞
- ▪ be the cause of or motivating factor for her father's violence explains her pacificism this would explain why so many adult children still live with their parents
- ▪ minimize the significance of an embarrassing fact or action by giving an excuse or justification they know stories about me that I can't explain away
- expand on what one has said in order to make one's meaning clear
Oxford American Dictionary
- expand on what one has said in order to make oneself clear
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ɪkˈspleɪn]
英式
- make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing ... they explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals ‘It's a device of great age,’ the professor explained
Oxford Dictionary