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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   explain

   • IPA[ikˈsplān]

   美式

   • v.
     make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas；account for (an action or event) by giving a reason as excuse or justification

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

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas they explained that their lives centered on the religious rituals he explained the situation 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
   • ▪ account for (an action or event) by giving a reason as excuse or justification Callie 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 pacificism 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

   explain oneself

   • ph.
     expand on what one has said in order to make one's meaning clear

   Oxford American Dictionary

   explain oneself

   • ph.
     expand on what one has said in order to make oneself clear

   Oxford Dictionary

   片語

   • explain oneself
3. • 更多解釋

   explain

   • IPA[ɪkˈspleɪn]

   英式

   • v.
     make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing ... they explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals ‘It's a device of great age,’ the professor explained

   Oxford Dictionary