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| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔IDEA〕This theory helps to explain how animals communicate with each other. 这理论有助于解释动物是如何彼此沟通的。朗文写作活用〔LONG〕How are you going to explain your prolonged absence? 你长久不在，打算如何解释？朗文写作活用〔MAIN〕The following article explains four key points that all new investors should understand. 下面的文章对所有新投资者都应该弄懂的四个要点作了解释。朗文写作活用〔REASON〕How can you possibly justify charging four pounds for a glass of beer? 你怎么解释一杯啤酒要收四英镑？朗文写作活用〔REASON〕In an attempt to provide an explanation she said she thought I had given her permission to be absent. 为了作出解释，她说她以为我同意她请假了。朗文写作活用〔REASON〕This work should have been finished a week ago. What's your explanation? 这件工作一周前就该完成了。你如何解释？朗文写作活用〔SEND〕Sneed had circulated a letter round the department explaining the new pay cuts. 斯尼德在部门里传阅过一封信，解释新近的减薪计划。朗文写作活用〔STORY〕Christ used parables to explain moral questions in a way that people could understand. 基督用寓言故事来解释道德问题，让人们都能够听懂。朗文写作活用〔account〕He could not account for the time spent away from his post.他无法解释自己职务之外的时间是如何度过的。英汉大词典〔account〕You will stay here until you can give an account of yourself!要是你不能对自己的行为作出解释, 那你就在这儿待着吧！外研社新世纪〔action〕She tried to explain/defend/justify her actions.她极力为自己的行为做解释/辩护/辩解。韦氏高阶〔admit〕This order admits of two interpretations.这项命令可以有两种解释。英汉大词典〔afford〕These records afford no explanation.这些记录找不出任何解释。21世纪英汉〔alibi〕Usage Problem An explanation offered to avoid blame or justify action; an excuse.【用法疑难】 借口，托辞：为逃避指责或证明行为正当而提出的解释；借口美国传统〔allow〕The evidence allows of no other interpretation.这项证据只能有一种解释。麦克米伦高阶〔allow〕The facts allow of only one explanation.这些事实只可能有一种解释。牛津高阶〔amphibolous〕Having a grammatical structure that allows of two interpretations; equivocal.歧义的，模棱两可的：一种语法结构可以有两种解释的；模棱两可的美国传统〔answer to〕Fourteen people answer to me in all.总共有14个人向我作出解释。外研社新世纪〔aside〕Mark drew me aside and explained the problem.马克把我拉到一边来解释问题。朗文当代〔below〕The results of the test are discussed/explained/listed/shown below.测试结果在下文中讨论/解释/列举/显示韦氏高阶〔bite〕I didn't believe her explanation but I bit my tongue.我不相信她的解释，但我忍着没有说出来。牛津高阶〔broken〕He tried to explain what had happened in broken English (= not spoken easily and stopping a lot) .他英语讲得结结巴巴，拼命想解释清楚发生了什么。剑桥高阶〔clear〕His face cleared as he heard my explanation.听了我的解释,他脸上露出喜色。英汉大词典〔comment〕A series of annotations or explanations.一系列注解或解释美国传统〔content〕She is not content with these explanations.她对这些解释不满意。外研社新世纪〔daylight〕No matter how much we tried to explain it to her, she just could not see daylight.不管我们如何设法对她解释,她就是弄不明白。英汉大词典〔defend〕Students should be ready to explain and defend their views.学生应该准备好为自己的观点作解释和辩护。朗文当代〔disappearance〕How could he explain his abrupt disappearance from the party? 他如何解释聚会上他突然不见了？牛津搭配〔discrepancy〕How do you explain the apparent discrepancies between the money and the receipts? 你如何解释金额与收据的明显出入？牛津搭配〔disinterest〕The fact Liberia has no oil seems to explain foreign disinterest in its internal affairs.利比里亚没有石油，这一事实似乎解释了为什么外部势力无意过问其内政。柯林斯高阶〔downcast〕With downcast eyes I explained that I was not the person they thought I was.眼睛俯视地，我解释说我不是他们所想像的种人。文馨英汉〔elucidate〕Haig went on to elucidate his personal principle of war.海格继续解释他个人的战争原则。柯林斯高阶〔enlightenment〕Can you give me any enlightenment on what happened? 你能给我解释一下发生了什么吗？剑桥高阶〔entangle〕His explanation only served to entangle the question further.他的解释只是使问题更复杂化了。英汉大词典〔essence〕The essence of their argument is that life cannot be explained by science.他们争论的实质是认为生命无法用科学来解释。麦克米伦高阶〔explain〕Explain why you didn't telephone.解释一下为什么你没打电话。外研社新世纪〔explain〕He explained that it had been a difficult film to make.他解释说这部电影很难制作。朗文当代〔explain〕The doctor explained patiently what the treatment would be.医生耐心地解释了将如何治疗。牛津搭配〔explain〕The reasons for the accident have not been fully explained.事故的原因还未得到充分解释。牛津搭配〔explain〕To minimize by explanation.辩白：用解释减少美国传统〔explanation〕A more credible explanation now occurred to her.现在她想到了一个更可信的解释。牛津搭配〔explanation〕Did the company offer an explanation for the delays? 那家公司对多次延期给出解释了吗？韦氏高阶〔explanation〕Digging further into the medical literature, I found out there was a scientific explanation for all this.进一步翻阅医学文献后我发现，这些都是有科学解释的。柯林斯高阶〔explicable〕These atrocities are not readily explicable by any of the usual analyses of politics.通常的政治分析无法轻易地解释这些暴行。牛津搭配〔folk etymology〕Brooke's derivation of machete from Spanish "macho" (="male") is a folk etymology: the two words are unconnected. 布鲁克把弯刀（machete）解释为源自西班牙语的男性（macho），这便是典型的民间词源解释，两个词其实没有任何关系。剑桥高阶〔go off half-cocked〕Before you go off half-cocked, try listening to the explanation.在你仓促行事之前，试着听听解释吧。韦氏高阶〔half〕If you'd only listen for half a minute, I could explain everything.只要你愿意听一小会儿，我就会把一切都解释清楚的。麦克米伦高阶〔hermeneutic〕Interpretive; explanatory.阐释的；解释的美国传统〔however〕However carefully I explained, s he still didn't understand.无论我解释得多么仔细，她还是没弄懂。牛津高阶〔improbable〕His explanation seems highly improbable.他的解释似乎很靠不住。英汉大词典〔infuriate〕It infuriated me that he dismissed my explanation.令我愤怒的是他不理会我的解释。外研社新世纪〔intangible〕Beauty is an intangible quality which defies ready interpretation.美是一种难以界定的品质, 不能一下子解释清楚。外研社新世纪〔interpretation〕People often give different interpretations of the past.人们往往对过去作出不同的解释。英汉大词典〔interpreter〕Computer Science A program that translates an instruction into a machine language and executes it before proceeding to the next instruction.【计算机科学】 解释程序：将指令翻译为机器语言并在执行下一个指令之前完成此指令的程序美国传统〔interpret〕To offer an explanation.作解释美国传统〔intuition〕You can't make a case on your intuitions, Phil.菲尔,你不能凭直觉来作出解释。柯林斯高阶〔justify〕How can we justify spending so much money on arms? 我们怎么解释花那么多钱购买武器是正当的呢？朗文当代〔key〕The key to adult behaviour lies in childhood.要解释成年人的行为,得从童年去寻找答案。英汉大词典〔kingdom come〕You can complain till kingdom come, but it won't help.你能够无休止地解释，但这帮不了忙美国传统〔language〕He explained to us carefully the language of the contract.他仔细向我们解释合同的措词。英汉大词典〔law〕Judges interpret this law in different ways.法官对这条法律的解释各有不同。牛津搭配〔lithostratigraphy〕Interpretation of the physical characters of sedimentary rocks.对沉积岩物理特性的解释美国传统〔magic〕There can be a magic about love that defies all explanation.爱情的魔力也许根本无法解释。外研社新世纪〔mechanism〕Philosophy The doctrine that all natural phenomena are explicable by material causes and mechanical principles.【哲学】 机械论：一种哲学学说，认为一切自然现象都能由物质原因和机械原理来解释美国传统〔mix〕His explanation just mixed me up more. I always mix up the twins.他的解释令我更加糊涂了。我总是把这对双胞胎弄混美国传统〔mythicize〕To interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology.解释为神话；把…当作神话美国传统〔offer〕Susan still hasn't offered an explanation for her absence.苏珊还未就缺席一事作出解释。麦克米伦高阶〔predicament〕She was searching for the right words to explain her predicament.她正在寻找合适的词语来解释她的困境。牛津搭配〔proffer〕The army has not yet proffered an explanation of how and why the accident happened.军队还没有对这次事件发生的经过和原因给出解释。柯林斯高阶〔read〕How do you read this passage? 你怎么解释这一段文字? 英汉大词典〔reasoning〕Could you explain your reasoning? 你能解释一下你的推理过程吗？韦氏高阶〔relief〕To his relief a loud knock on the door spared him from giving an explanation.一声重重的敲门声让他松了一口气，他可以不用解释了。柯林斯高阶〔riddle〕To solve or explain.解决，解释美国传统〔song and dance〕An elaborate story or explanation intended to deceive or mislead.花言巧语：为了达到欺骗或诱导的目的而精心编制出来的故事或解释美国传统〔song and dance〕An excessively elaborate effort to explain or justify.胡言乱语：为了解释或说理而作的没有必要的煞费苦心的努力美国传统〔sordid〕She listened to Kate's explanation of the sordid affair.她听凯特对这件丑事作何解释。柯林斯高阶〔sound〕Her explanation sounds reasonable (to me).她的解释（对我来说）似乎合理。文馨英汉〔spell sth out〕What do you mean you don't understand - do I have to spell it out for you? 你说你不明白是什么意思——需要我详细地向你解释一下吗？剑桥高阶〔story〕He had already made up his mind before even hearing her side of the story.他没等听到她的解释就已经作出了决定。柯林斯高阶〔stump〕He was stumped by my account and couldn't say “NO”.在我的解释下，他无话可说，甚至连个“不是”也没能说出来。21世纪英汉〔suggest〕No possible explanation suggests itself (=is able to be thought of) .想不出合理的解释。朗文当代〔take in〕Lesley explains possible treatments but you can tell she's not taking it in.莱斯利解释了各种可行的疗法，不过，你可以看出来，她并没有领会。柯林斯高阶〔talk sb down〕I tried to explain, but he just talked me down.我想解释一下，但他根本不让我插话。剑桥高阶〔tighten〕My father explained that his salary had been frozen and we would have to tighten our belts for a while.我父亲解释他的薪水遭到冻结, 我们只能节衣缩食一阵子了。外研社新世纪〔understand〕I'm sorry, I don't understand. Can yon explain that again? 对不起，我不明白。 你能再解释一遍吗？朗文当代〔waste〕You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him(= because he will not understand).你跟他解释是在浪费时间。牛津高阶〔wholly〕I wasn't wholly convinced by her explanation.她的解释未能让我完全信服。剑桥高阶〔why〕He confirmed that the city had been closed to foreigners, but gave no reason why.他证实这座城市已禁止外国人进入，但是没有解释为什么。柯林斯高阶〔yes〕This is a possible,yes,a probable explanation.这是一个可能的而且是很可能言之成理的解释。英汉大词典His arrival can be given more than one interpretation. 对他的到来可作出不止一种解释。译典通Jack was brought to account for the missing cash. 杰克被要求对这笔遗失的现金作出解释。译典通She painstakingly explained (= She took a lot of care in explaining) how the machine worked.她费力地解释这部机器是怎样工作的。剑桥国际The contradictory explanations caused understandable confusion.自相矛盾的解释引起了可以理解的混乱。剑桥国际The event challenges an explanation. 那个事件需要解释。译典通The headmaster demanded a full explanation from the boys.校长要求这些男孩子给他一个详细的解释。剑桥国际The police asked me to explain why I hadn't reported the accident sooner.警察要我解释为什么没有早些报告这场事故。剑桥国际The students sat with puzzled expressions/looks (= expressions showing that they did not understand) on their faces as their lecturer tried to explain the theory.在讲师解释这条理论时，学生们带着困惑不解的表情坐着。剑桥国际These figures need elucidation.这些数据需要解释。剑桥国际We cannot yet satisfactorily explain the genesis of the universe. 我们仍不能令人满意地解释宇宙的起源。译典通Well, to paraphrase his words, television has become the opium of the masses.好吧，来解释一下他的话，电视已成了大众的鸦片。剑桥国际 |
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