explain

英 [ɪkˈspleɪn]

美 [ɪkˈsplen]

基本含义：

v.说明；解释

详情解释：

v.(动词)

• 说明，解释，阐明
• 说明...的理由
• 替...辩解
• 吐露，讲出，明说
• 揭开

v.(动词)

• vt. & vi. 讲解,解释 give or show the meaning of
• vt. & vi. 说明…的原因; 辩解 give or be the reason for; account for

verb

1. serve as a reason or cause or justification of

e.g. Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work
Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again

Synonym: excuse

2. make plain and comprehensible

e.g. He explained the laws of physics to his students

Synonym: explicate

3. define

e.g. The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean

1. 解释;说明
If you explain something, you give details about it or describe it so that it can be understood.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. 解释;辩解;说明…的理由
If you explain something that has happened, you give people reasons for it, especially in an attempt to justify it.

e.g. '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。”
e.g. 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。

相关词组：explain away

1. 解 说：一个服务群可能包含了一个服务;一个服务群可能只包含了一个服务,如查询(search)服务群包含了查询(search)服务;一个服务群也可能不包含任何服务,如解说(explain)服务群没有定义任何服务,

2. 說：解释是一个含糊的词汇,既指传释(translate)也指解说(explain). 文学解释在这两者上均是必不可少的,当批评家将自己限制在清晰的文学术语中,他的解释会更加适合他本人,但也会富有建构性或解构性. 他们也会对着意详尽解释的人作出解释.

词语用法：

v.(动词)

• explain的基本意思是“解释,说明”,指把对方不知道、不理解的事以易懂的方式加以说明,使其清楚、明白。
• explain既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,宾语可以是名词、代词,也可以是带疑问词的动词不定式或that从句,还可以是反身代词,说明自己的意思、动机或行为。
• “向某人说明某事”不用explain sb sth 结构,可用explain sth to sb 表示。
• explain可引出直接引语。

相关例句：

This is what I will do. I will telephone Anna and explain.(这就是我要做的。我会打电话向安娜解释。)

I was only trying to explain; I didn't want to sound patronizing.(我只是想解释一下而已，绝无自诩清高之意。)

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 concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.(她精心编造了解释她不在场的一些谎言。)

You need a lawyer to explain all the legalities of the contracts.(你需要律师来解释这些合同在法律上的各项细节。)

How can I explain if you keep butting in?(你一直插嘴，我还怎么解释？)

Did you get that joke, Ann? I'll explain later.(安，你听懂了那个笑话吗？我以后会解释的。)

Let me explain why.(让我来解释为什么。)

She might at least have called to explain. There's gratitude for you.(她本来至少可以来电话解释一下。她就这么表示感谢。)

Well, you know, it's difficult to explain.(唉，你知道，这很难解释。)