explanations
基本解釋
- n.解釋?zhuān)徽f(shuō)明
詞源解說(shuō)
- 14世紀(jì)晚期進(jìn)入英語(yǔ),直接源自拉丁語(yǔ)的eexplanationem,意爲(wèi)明白清楚地講出。
用法辨析
- explanation的意思是“解釋,說(shuō)明”,既可作可數(shù)名詞,又可作不可數(shù)名詞,用作可數(shù)名詞時(shí),可用複數(shù)形式表示不同的種類(lèi)。
- explanation也可表示“能說(shuō)明某事緣由的言語(yǔ)、事實(shí)、情況等”,是可數(shù)名詞。
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- Is that explanation clear to you?
那個(gè)解釋你清楚嗎? - His explanation that he had been held up the traffic didn't seem very plausible.
他解釋說(shuō)因交通受阻,這好像不大講得通。
用作名詞 (n.)
~+that-clause
詞組短語(yǔ)
- accept an explanation 接受解釋
- agree upon an explanation 一致同意某一解釋
- demand an explanation 要求說(shuō)明〔解釋〕
- find an explanation 得到說(shuō)明,得以解釋
- give an explanation 作出解釋,予以說(shuō)明