explain 音标拼音: [ɪkspl'en]
vt . 解释,说明
vi . 解释,说明,辩解
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explain 解释
explain v 1 :
make plain and comprehensible ; "
He explained the laws of physics to his students " [
synonym : {
explain }, {
explicate }]
2 :
define ; "
The committee explained their plan for fund -
raising to the Dean "
3 :
serve as a reason or cause or justification of ; "
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 }, {
explain }]
Explain \
Ex *
plain "\ ([
e ^]
ks *
pl [=
a ]
n "),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Explained }([
e ^]
ks *
pl [=
a ]
nd ");
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Explaining }.]
[
L .
explandare to flatten ,
spread out ,
explain ;
ex out plandare to make level or plain ,
planus plain :
cf .
OF .
esplaner ,
explaner .
See {
Plain },
a .,
and cf . {
Esplanade }.]
1 .
To flatten ;
to spread out ;
to unfold ;
to expand . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
The horse -
chestnut is . . .
ready to explain its leaf . --
Evelyn .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To make plain ,
manifest ,
or intelligible ;
to clear of obscurity ;
to expound ;
to unfold and illustrate the meaning of ;
as ,
to explain a chapter of the Bible .
[
1913 Webster ]
Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you . --
Gay .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
To explain away },
to get rid of by explanation . "
Those explain the meaning quite away ." --
Pope .
Syn :
To expound ;
interpret ;
elucidate ;
clear up .
[
1913 Webster ]
Explain \
Ex *
plain "\,
v .
i .
To give an explanation .
[
1913 Webster ]
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "
explain ":
absolve ,
account ,
account for ,
acquit ,
aid ,
allegorize ,
analyze ,
answer ,
bottom ,
break down ,
clarify ,
clear ,
clear the way ,
clear up ,
condone ,
construe ,
crack ,
cry sour grapes ,
debug ,
decipher ,
decode ,
define ,
delineate ,
demonstrate ,
demythologize ,
describe ,
destigmatize ,
detail ,
disclose ,
discourse ,
disentangle ,
divine ,
do ,
do justice to ,
dope ,
dope out ,
ease ,
elucidate ,
enlighten ,
euhemerize ,
exculpate ,
excuse ,
exemplify ,
exonerate ,
expedite ,
explain away ,
explicate ,
exposit ,
expound ,
extenuate ,
facilitate ,
fathom ,
figure out ,
find out ,
find the answer ,
find the solution ,
get ,
get across ,
get over ,
get right ,
give reason for ,
give the meaning ,
grease ,
grease the ways ,
grease the wheels ,
guess ,
guess right ,
harangue ,
hasten ,
have it ,
help along ,
hit it ,
hold forth ,
illuminate ,
illustrate ,
interpret ,
justify ,
lecture ,
legitimate ,
legitimatize ,
loose ,
lubricate ,
make clear ,
make it clear ,
make out ,
make plain ,
make way for ,
moralize ,
oil ,
open the lock ,
open the way ,
open up ,
palliate ,
pave the way ,
plumb ,
point a moral ,
popularize ,
preach ,
prepare the way ,
psych ,
psych out ,
purge ,
put across ,
put over ,
puzzle out ,
quicken ,
rationalize ,
ravel ,
ravel out ,
read a lesson ,
rehabilitate ,
reinstate ,
remove friction ,
resolve ,
restore ,
riddle ,
run interference for ,
sermonize ,
shed light upon ,
show ,
show how ,
show the way ,
simplify ,
smooth ,
smooth the way ,
soap the ways ,
solve ,
sort out ,
speed ,
spell out ,
throw light upon ,
unbar ,
unblock ,
unclog ,
undo ,
unfold ,
unjam ,
unlock ,
unravel ,
unriddle ,
unscramble ,
untangle ,
untwist ,
unweave ,
vindicate ,
vulgarize ,
warrant ,
work ,
work out
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