explaining
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?k?sple?.n??]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?k?sple?.n??]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- v. 解釋(explain的ing形式);解釋情況
詞源解說
- 16世紀(jì)10年代進(jìn)入英語,直接源自古典拉丁語的explanare,意為解釋,使清楚;最初源自此語的explane。
用法辨析
- explain的基本意思是“解釋,說明”,指把對(duì)方不知道、不理解的事以易懂的方式加以說明,使其清楚、明白。
- explain既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),賓語可以是名詞、代詞,也可以是帶疑問詞的動(dòng)詞不定式或that從句,還可以是反身代詞,說明自己的意思、動(dòng)機(jī)或行為。
- “向某人說明某事”不用explain sb sth 結(jié)構(gòu),可用explain sth to sb 表示。
- explain可引出直接引語。
v. (動(dòng)詞)
英漢例句
- When you are wrong, don't explain.
錯(cuò)了,你不用解釋。 - That explains his absence.
他缺席就是這個(gè)原因。 - He explained how to use this instrument.
他解釋如何使用這臺(tái)儀器。 - They began to explain that they had been delayed by the weather.
他們開始解釋說,天氣使他們耽擱了。 - The enclosed letter will explain what has happened.
附來的信將說明發(fā)生的情況。 - “I came by subway,” she explained.
“我是坐地鐵來的,”她解釋說。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作不及物動(dòng)詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+wh-to- v
S+~+that-clause
S+~+wh-clause
引出直接引語
詞組短語
- explain a difficult problem 解釋難題
- explain a foreign passage 解釋這段外文
- explain a plan 說明計(jì)劃
- explain a principle 解釋原理
- explain a theory 闡釋理論
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
~+名詞
英英字典
- the act of explaining or giving a good reason for your actions
- If you explain something, you give details about it or describe it so that it can be understood.
- If you explain, or explain something that has happened, you give people reasons for it, especially in an attempt to justify it.
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專業(yè)釋義
- 解釋
People keep constructing, or at least explaining the reality based on their own experiences.
人們是以自己的經(jīng)驗(yàn)為基礎(chǔ)來建構(gòu)或者說解釋現(xiàn)實(shí)。哲學(xué)
- 詮釋