一、詳細(xì)釋義:


v.

講解,解釋 [I,T]


例句:

Don't explain the beauty of the poem to them, it's just casting pearls before swine

別向他們講解這首詩(shī)的美感,這簡(jiǎn)直是對(duì)牛彈琴。


例句:

The lawyer explained the new law to us.

律師向我們解釋了新法律。


說明…的原因;辯解 [T]


例句:

When asked to explain her behaviour,she gave a very defensive answer.

有人問她為什么要這樣做,她則極力為自己辯解。


例句:

She explained her conduct to her boss.

她向老板說明了自己那種表現(xiàn)的原因。


說明;解釋;辯解 [I]


例句:

He explained as best he could.

他盡力解釋好。


例句:

When you are wrong, never explain.

你錯(cuò)了的時(shí)候,千萬別解釋。


二、詞義辨析:


explain,interpret,illustrate,clarify,account

這些動(dòng)詞均有“說明”之意。 explain含義廣,最普通用詞,指把某事向原來不了解、不清楚的人解釋明白、說清楚等。 interpret著重以特殊的知識(shí)、經(jīng)驗(yàn)來解釋難理解的事情。 illustrate多指用實(shí)例或插圖、圖表加以說明。 clarify指把已發(fā)生的事件。情況和現(xiàn)狀說清楚。 account說明某事物如何符合自然法則或邏輯。


三、參考例句:


Then explain your point.

然后給出解釋。


Explain with straightaway language please.

請(qǐng)用通俗易懂的語言說明一下。


Can you explain what root entry means?

你能解釋根目錄是什么意思嗎?


I am striving to explain explicitly.

我力爭(zhēng)做出詳盡的說明。


How do you explain this phenomenon?

這種現(xiàn)象怎樣解釋?


Please explain the force of the paragraph.

請(qǐng)解釋這一段落的確切意義。


'I'll explain later.' — 'All right then.'

“我以后會(huì)作解釋的?!薄澳呛冒??!?/p>

Please explain this rule to me.

請(qǐng)將此規(guī)則解釋給我聽。


The anthem won't explain it.

圣歌里不會(huì)解釋這件事。


This does not explain the initial disequilibrium.

這一點(diǎn)并不能說明最初的不平衡。