explanations
基本解释
- n.解释;说明
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自拉丁语的eexplanationem,意为明白清楚地讲出。
用法辨析
- explanation的意思是“解释,说明”,既可作可数名词,又可作不可数名词,用作可数名词时,可用复数形式表示不同的种类。
- explanation也可表示“能说明某事缘由的言语、事实、情况等”,是可数名词。
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- Is that explanation clear to you?
那个解释你清楚吗? - His explanation that he had been held up the traffic didn't seem very plausible.
他解释说因交通受阻,这好像不大讲得通。
用作名词 (n.)
~+that-clause
词组短语
- accept an explanation 接受解释
- agree upon an explanation 一致同意某一解释
- demand an explanation 要求说明〔解释〕
- find an explanation 得到说明,得以解释
- give an explanation 作出解释,予以说明