詞彙精選:explain的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
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的美感,這簡直是對牛彈琴。
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.
有人問她爲什麼要這樣做,她則極力爲自己辯解。
例句:
She explained her conduct to her boss.
她向老闆說明了自己那種表現的原因。
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.
你錯了的時候,千萬別解釋。
二、詞義辨析:
explain,interpret,illustrate,clarify,account
這些動詞均有“說明”之意。explain含義廣,最普通用詞,指把某事向原來不瞭解、不清楚的人解釋明白、說清楚等。interpret着重以特殊的知識、經驗來解釋難理解的事情。illustrate多指用實例或插圖、圖表加以說明。clarify指把已發生的事件。情況和現狀說清楚。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.
然後給出解釋。
Explain with straightaway language please.
請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麼意思嗎?
I am striving to explain explicitly.
我力爭做出詳盡的說明。
How do you explain this phenomenon?
這種現象怎樣解釋?
Please explain the force of the paragraph.
請解釋這一段落的確切意義。
'I'll explain later.' — 'All right then.'
“我以後會作解釋的。”——“那好吧。”
Please explain this rule to me.
請將此規則解釋給我聽。
The anthem won't explain it.
聖歌裏不會解釋這件事。
This does not explain the initial disequilibrium.
這一點並不能說明最初的不平衡。