explain
美 [?k?sple?n] 
英 [?k'sple?n]
- v.解釋；說明；闡明；說明（…的）原因
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)講解；向某人解釋某事；辯解
詞形變化
第三人稱單數(shù)：explains 現(xiàn)在分詞：explaining 過去式：explained 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [t][i] 解釋；說明；闡明to tell sb about sth in a way that makes it easy to understand |
| First, I'll explain the rules of the game. 首先我要說明一下游戲規(guī)則。 |
| It was difficult to explain the problem to beginners. 對初學(xué)者解釋這個問題很難。 |
| ‘Let me explain!’ he added helpfully. “讓我來說明一下！”他熱心地補(bǔ)充道。 |
| I explained that an ambulance would be coming soon. 我解釋說救護(hù)車很快就到。 |
| He explained who each person in the photo was. 他一一介紹了照片里的人。 |
| She explained to them what to do in an emergency. 她向他們說明了緊急情況下應(yīng)采取的行動。 |
| ‘It works like this,’ she explained. “它是這樣工作的?！彼忉尩馈?/div> |
| It was explained that attendance was compulsory. 所給的解釋是必須到場。 |
2. | [i][t] 說明（…的）原因；解釋（…的）理由to give a reason, or be a reason, for sth |
| She tried to explain but he wouldn't listen. 她試圖說明一下原因，可他根本不聽。 |
| Alex explained that his car had broken down. 亞歷克斯解釋說他的汽車出了毛病。 |
| Well, that doesn't explain why you didn't phone. 噯，那不是你不打電話的理由。 |
| scientific findings that help explain the origins of the universe 有助于解釋宇宙起源的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn) |
| The government now has to explain its decision to the public. 政府現(xiàn)在必須向公眾解釋決策的理由。 |
| Oh well then, that explains it(= I understand now why sth happened) . 噢，原來是這么回事。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
This is a good place to explain that you require a deposit up front, and how much of a deposit you require.
說明你需要事先存款的理由，和你需要存款的數(shù)額。
She said as a courtesy, she would call that number, explain my story and ask whoever answered if the person wanted her to connect me.
她說出于禮貌，她可以打那個電話，說明我的情況后，看接電話的人是否愿意讓她再與我聯(lián)系。
Explain to him that you are a very private person and hesitant to go into your history with people, but you meant to tell him before now.
向他解釋你是個個人隱私看得很重的人，對于他人進(jìn)入你的過去，你是遲疑的，你之前也一直想跟他說這件事。
When I asked him to explain his process, he said I would have to experience it to understand it.
當(dāng)我讓他向我解釋他的處理方法時，他說我只有親身經(jīng)歷過才能理解。
Could you please explain the premises of your argument in more detail? It will help me understand the point you are trying to make.
你能詳細(xì)說明你們的論據(jù)嗎？這會幫助我了解你們的重點(diǎn)。
Make everyone feel as if he or she is important enough to you that you are willing to explain yourself.
使得每個人都感覺到，他或她對您來說是非常重要的，以至于您很愿意向他們解釋自己的觀點(diǎn)。
PC Magazine goes on to explain that the word comes from Sanskrit and means "the incarnation of a god on earth. "
PCMag進(jìn)一步解釋說，這個詞源于梵文，意思是“天神在凡間的化身”。
It's hard to explain but when there's something so little that relies on you so much, you have no choice but to turn into a man.
這很難解釋，但是當(dāng)一個小東西這么依賴著你的時候，你不由自主地就會慢慢地成熟。
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, it may explain at least one of their shared beliefs: Men and women can't be real friends.
如果男人來自火星，女人來自水星，那么至少能解釋那那男女共同相信的一點(diǎn)。
The girl shivered inwardly at the thought of having to explain to her mother why she had stayed out so late.
一想到得向母親解釋為何這么晚才回家，女孩不由得打了個寒顫。
With nothing taken home, the man hesitated to explain the matter to his wife.
要是沒有器材帶回家，對老婆是否是解釋這件事，那個人拿不定主張。
He tried to explain how a calculating machine worked, but it was all Greek to me.
他試圖向我說明計算機(jī)的工作原理，可是我一竅不通。
When Klingenberg reported to his superiors to explain why he had not followed orders, he was drunk, unshaven and smelled of perfume.
在向上司陳述為何沒有遵守命令時，克林根貝格醉醺醺的，滿臉胡須還滿身香水味。
It's where you explain in a paragraph or two why you think employers should hire you and why you are the perfect match for the job.
你可以用1或2段闡述為什么你認(rèn)為雇主應(yīng)該要雇用你，為什么你可以很好地勝任這份工作。
The old man opened his mouth as if to explain, then closed it again and hurried on.
老人張嘴似乎要做一番解釋，但欲言又止，又繼續(xù)匆匆向前走去。
Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her.
幾乎過了一個星期，姑娘才講出了她的遭遇。
Chua had to go on a national media tour just to explain herself, less she be thought of as an American parenting bashing China snob.
為此，她不得不在美國各地的媒體上進(jìn)行解釋，以免被人認(rèn)為是一個抨擊美式家長教育方式的中國假內(nèi)行。
D. Explain to management that this would not be a good idea at this point.
向管理層解釋在此時這樣做不合適。
Let me try to explain it by telling you a story about one of your peers, and the alternative that hadn't occurred to her.
讓我告訴你們一個你們的同齡人的故事來解釋我的意思吧，即她是沒有遇到中年危機(jī)的。
This would explain why the human genome has no trace of Neanderthal DNA despite the two similar species living close together for millennia.
這可能解釋為什么人類的基因組沒有尼安得特人的痕跡，即便這兩個物種在一起生活了幾千年。
She concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.
她精心編造了解釋她不在場的一些謊言。
"I can't stop to explain myself now, " Mr. Franklin went on.
“我現(xiàn)在來不及解釋，”弗蘭克林先生接著說。
The article advances a new theory to explain changes in the climate.
這篇文章提出了一個解釋氣候變化的新理論。
She hastened to explain the situation which now confronted her.
她急忙說明她所面臨的形勢。
We were never given a chance to explain.
我們從來是連解釋的余地都沒有。
Kindly explain this passage.
請把這一段文字解釋一下。
He was meaning to explain what had happened.
他想把事情的經(jīng)過講一講。
You'd better go and explain to the chairman.
你最好去向主席解釋一下。
Explain why the vanes rotate when they are illuminated.
試解釋：葉片被照亮時為什么會旋轉(zhuǎn)。
Would you explain why you feel that way?
您能解釋一下您為什么這么看的嗎？
They tried to explain, in all sorts of way, those properties of matter which had been discovered.
他們想出種種辦法來解釋被發(fā)現(xiàn)的物質(zhì)特性。
Golden Virtue did not respond to this, but, unable to ignore her niece's question, she tried to explain.
金貞未置可否，但又不能對侄女的問題裝聾作啞、只好盡力解釋。
Two points help to explain why there was no essential change in the Latin American policies of the United States in 1913.
兩種情形有助于解釋為什么1913年美國的拉丁美洲政策沒有本質(zhì)變化。
"I ought to have done you the common justice to explain myself, " she said, repeating my own words.
“我應(yīng)該好好地親口說破，”她學(xué)著我的話說。
Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her.
幾乎過了一個星期，姑娘才講出了她的遭遇。
It was not to be expected that Miss Ley would explain before making the affair a good deal more complicated.
由于萊伊小姐以前沒能說明這件事，因此使事情變得很不好理解了。
It's less easy to explain why her weeping loosed such a terrible emotion in me.
她的哭泣為什么惹起我大發(fā)脾氣，這就不太容易解釋了。
He began to explain with the most considerable eagerness.
他開始解釋，顯得鄭重其事，又萬分熱誠。
The same principles that explain economic behavior in one sector explain behavior in any other one as well.
用以解釋一個部門的經(jīng)濟(jì)行為的理論，同樣適用于其他任何部門。
I have to explain my own goals, just as the other executives have to set their own objectives with their supervisors.
我得解釋我的目標(biāo)，就象其他高級職員必須與他們的上級一起確定自己的目標(biāo)一樣。
They began to explain that they had been delayed by the weather.
他們開始解釋說，天氣使他們耽擱了。
Through the night one after another crept into Judy's room to explain how deeply they opposed such a marriage.
其實(shí)誰也睡不著，又一個接一個到朱迪房間里勸她回頭，講給她聽這門親事如何要不得。
He did his best to see that I got facts to explain various aspects of soviet life.
他盡力使我弄到能夠說明蘇區(qū)生活的各個方面的材料。
In his preface Hawthorne seeks to explain the attraction that Italy has for the writers of romances.
霍桑在前言中試圖闡明意大利對傳奇作家的吸引力。
She began to explain her plan of action to the group.
她開始向小組講解她的行動計劃。
He tried to explain how unthinkable her suggestion was.
他想要解釋：她的打算是多么不堪設(shè)想。
These results may help to explain some of the conflicting data in the literature.
這些結(jié)果可能有助于解釋文獻(xiàn)中的一些爭議的數(shù)據(jù)。
Bending from the waist in a mathematical position, he extended the palm of one hand, and started to explain.
他用準(zhǔn)確的姿勢從腰部那兒把身子向前一彎，伸出一只手心，開始解釋。
If I had a son, Walden thought, this is how I would explain things to him.
我要是有個兒子，沃爾登想，我就這樣教導(dǎo)他。
Will you explain this point to us?
請你把這一點(diǎn)對我們解釋一下好嗎？
As he was showing us the photos on his computer screen, he proceeded to explain that she was suffering from diverticulosis , which he exp!
他一邊用電腦螢?zāi)?/c>給我們看檢查出來的照片，一邊開始跟我們解釋她患有支囊病變；
For a man to excuse himself in this way and stop listening is much better than trying to explain away her hurt.
男人這樣先行道歉及停止傾聽，比試圖去分析她的傷害好得多。
I believe the number of population of any ethnic group should not be a factor that obscures the origin. I explain some evidences.
任何種族都不能利用人口數(shù)量來模糊本源，我將陳述一些證據(jù)。
He had the correct idea of trying to explain chemical phenomena in terms of ultimate particles.
他有試圖用最終的微粒解釋化學(xué)現(xiàn)象的正確想法。
I can't even begin to explain to you how much I'm gonna miss you !
一想到我會那么掛念你，我根本就開不了口，更別說告別了。
Beauty tried to explain her admiration for the Beast and the wonders of the palace, but they did not understand.
美女試圖向她們解釋她對野獸的傾慕之情，還有宮殿的奇妙之處，她們卻不能明白。
Zhang hanging often said that she did not like after the completion of the works has been to explain to her what was being said.
張懸常說，她不喜歡在作品完成后還一直去對人解釋她要說的是什么。
That is the reason why you are here, and it would be a waste of time if I did not explain clearly, decisively, my point of view.
那正是你們來到這里的原因，假如我不清楚地、果斷地說明我的觀點(diǎn)，那就是在浪費(fèi)時間。
He would come out of it - talk, explain - and then go back into his own den.
他會從里面出來——說話、解釋——然后再回到他自己的窩里去。
Do not you think maybe. . . Explain that tomorrow with the Director.
難道你不覺得也許..與主任解釋，明天。
But, Lelyveld writes, "South Africa . . . challenged him from the start to explain what he thought he was doing there in his brown skin. "
誠然，雷利維德補(bǔ)充道，“南非……從一開始就在挑戰(zhàn)他這名有深棕色皮膚者的所思所想?！?/jz>
At the restaurant the menu is all in Japanese and the waitress was a bit frustrated trying to explain it to me.
餐館的菜譜全是日文，服務(wù)員又不太耐心跟我解釋。到最后我還是不明白是些什么菜。
Green is quick to note that 'GDP can't explain everything, ' adding that he was just trying to have some fun.
但王志浩也很快指出GDP并不能解釋一切問題，而自己只是想找點(diǎn)樂子。
I wonder what the police would make of that. -James, you're trying to explain all that I do by logic.
我想知道警察將會如何看待這些。詹姆斯，你試圖用邏輯解釋我所做的一切。
For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
因?yàn)?/c>，通常，去完成你設(shè)下的目標(biāo)不是最重要的。請讓我說下去。
The White House also is ordering government agencies to draw up a communications plan to explain their operations in a time of crisis.
白宮還下令政府機(jī)構(gòu)制定聯(lián)絡(luò)計劃，以便在危機(jī)時期能傳遞工作信息。
He tried to follow the doctor's nervous movements as he went on to explain.
博士繼續(xù)解釋，沃爾夫則盡力想跟上他緊張的節(jié)奏。
She couldn't help shivering inwardly at the thought of having to explain to her mother why she had stayed out so late.
想到自己不得不向母親解釋，為什么自己在外面滯留那樣晚，她就禁不住內(nèi)心微微發(fā)抖。
He was curious about that , why not explain? she was a new comer here , it was reasonable for her to make some mistakes .
他很好奇，為什么不解釋？她才剛來這里沒多久，犯一些小錯對她來說是合理的。
It is amazing how you can speak right to my heart. Without saying a word you can light up the dark. Try it as me I can never explain .
中文大意：這真是太神奇了，你所說的怎能正好滲入我的心，不發(fā)一言你怎能將黑夜點(diǎn)燃。
The more you explain yourself, the more you bemuddle me.
你越解釋越使我糊涂。
Can you explain what this means?
你能說明這是什么意思嗎？
