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1. Oxford Dictionary

   explain

   • IPA[ɪkˈspleɪn]

   英式

   • v.
     make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts；give a reason so as to justify or excuse (an action or event)

   • verb: explain, 3rd person present: explains, gerund or present participle: explaining, past tense: explained, past participle: explained

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts they explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals ‘It's a device of great age,’ the professor explained 同義詞 describe, give an explanation of, make clear/plain/intelligible, spell out, put into words, ... 更多express in words, elucidate, expound, explicate, delineate, clarify, unfold, throw light on, clear up, simplify, gloss, interpret, decipher, decode, translate, demonstrate, show, teach, illustrate, unravel, untangle, resolve, solve, informalget across, get over反義詞 obscure
   • ▪ give a reason so as to justify or excuse (an action or event) Cassie found it necessary to explain her blackened eye he makes athletes explain why they made a mistake 同義詞 account for, give an explanation for, give a reason for, justify, give a justification for, ... 更多give an excuse/alibi/apologia for, make excuses for, explain away, rationalize, give a rationale for, defend, vindicate, legitimize, mitigate, rareextenuate
   • ▪ be the cause of or motivating factor for her father's violence explains her pacifism this would explain why so many adult children still live with their parents
   • ▪ minimize the significance of an embarrassing fact or action by giving an excuse or justification they know stories about me that I can't explain away

   片語

   • explain oneself