英语释义

1. to make known
explain the secret of your success

2. to make plain or understandable
footnotes that explain the terms

3. to give the reason for or cause of
unable to explain his strange conduct

4. to show the logical development or relationships of
explained the new theory

5. to make something plain or understandable
a report that suggests rather than explains

6. to clarify one's statements or the reasons for one's conduct

7. to make (something) clear or easy to understand

8. to tell, show, or be the reason for or cause of something

9. to make clear clarify
Let me explain how it works.

10. to give the reasons for or cause of
Please explain why you're late.

片语

explain oneself a little more把自己说清楚点

explain sth for oneself剖明

to explain oneself剖白

excuse oneself为自己辩解；请求免除；请求準予离开

Unable to explain oneself away无以自解

英汉例句

• lingering unable to express or explain oneself measure billet-doux, shrieking desperate fox call, the death of evening murdered man knocked about women.

  缠绵悱测的情书，凄厉绝望的狐叫，被害男人的死与黄昏敲门的女人有关。

• how explain oneself and behavior of others, and how the explanation influence motivation, mood, this is the attribution theory, one kind of psychology theory.

  归因理论是关于人们如何解释自己或他人的行为以及这种解释如何影响他们的动机、情绪和行为的心理学理论。

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clarify得到澄清；变得明晰；得到凈化

construe作文法性的分析

demonstrate示威

demystify使非神秘化；阐明；启发

elucidate阐明；说明

explicate说明，解释

expound详述，阐述；说明，讲解；解释……的意思

get across通过；使...被理解

illuminate照亮

illustrate举例

interpret解释；翻译

simplify简化；使单纯；使简易

spell out讲清楚

unriddle解开（难题）；解释，阐明

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obscure使…模糊不清，掩盖；隐藏；使难理解