explain

[英] [iksˈplein] [美] [ɪkˈsplen] 生词本

vt.& vi.

vt.

vi.

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

  • 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。

  • Professor Griffiths explained how the drug appears to work...

    格里菲思教授解释了那种药物的工作原理。

2. VERB 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. 
  • '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。”

  • 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。

  • Hospital discipline was broken. Amy would have to explain herself...

    破坏了医院的纪律,埃米将不得不为自己辩解。

相关词组:
explain away 
Verb

1. make palin and comprehensible;

  • "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

2. define;

  • "The committe 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 amy explain her reluctance to date again"

法律

  • 1.说明

计算机

  • 1.【动】阐明,解释
1. A hundred mouths can't explain it away.
百喙莫辩。

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2. A mistake is a mistake. Don't try to explain it away.
错了就错了,不要辩解。

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3. Don't ask me to explain unless you really don't understand.
不要叫我解释,除非你真的不懂。

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4. Don't try to explain away the situation. If you have made mistakes, just admit them.
不要再分辩了,有错误就承认嘛!

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5. Explain it properly in English, please.
请用英语把它恰当地解释一下。

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6. He cooked up a story to explain the broken window.
他编了谎话来说明窗户是怎么打碎的。

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7. He could not explain why it was so.
他说不出个所以然来。

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8. He couldn't explain the irregularities in the balance sheet, and I suspect him of taking the money.
他无法解释资产负债表中的不正常的情况,我怀疑他把钱放进自己腰包了。

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9. He failed to explain his meaning generally.
他未能把自己的意思完全说清楚。

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10. He listens and waits for the narrator to explain more.
他听著,等待讲的人进一步解释。

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11. He thought of a reason to explain away his failure.
他想出一个理由为他的失败辩解。

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12. He tried to explain to her, but she brushed him off impatiently.
他试图向她解释,可她不耐烦地不搭理他。

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13. He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.
他难以说明她为什么不见了。

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14. He will explain it fully once and for all.
他将把它充分地解释一次就此了结。

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15. How are you to explain yourself?
何以自解?

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16. How do you explain this phenomenon?
这种现象怎样解释?

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17. How should one explain it?
何以言之?

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18. I can't explain such a statement by him on the basis of logic. He must have blown his top.
我从逻辑推理方面解释不了他讲的这番话,他想必是神经错乱了。

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19. I shall explain that later on.
这一点我后面再作说明。

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20. I shall explain the rule to the students.
我要向学生解释这一规则。

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