1. 说明，解释，阐明
2. 说明...的理由
3. 替...辩解
4. 吐露，讲出，明说
5. 揭开

1. vt. & vi. 讲解,解释 give or show the meaning of
2. vt. & vi. 说明…的原因; 辩解 give or be the reason for; account for

1. 解 说：一个服务群可能包含了一个服务;一个服务群可能只包含了一个服务,如查询(search)服务群包含了查询(search)服务;一个服务群也可能不包含任何服务,如解说(explain)服务群没有定义任何服务,

2. 說：解释是一个含糊的词汇,既指传释(translate)也指解说(explain). 文学解释在这两者上均是必不可少的,当批评家将自己限制在清晰的文学术语中,他的解释会更加适合他本人,但也会富有建构性或解构性. 他们也会对着意详尽解释的人作出解释.

1. When you are wrong, don't explain.
   错了,你不用解释。
2. I don't understand this, please explain.
   我不明白这点,请解释一下。
3. Jenny tried to explain.
   詹妮想设法解释一下。
4. You needn't explain any more.
   你不必再解释了。

1. That explains his absence.
   他缺席就是这个原因。
2. They sent us a letter to explain the delay.
   他们给我们一封信解释为什么耽搁了。
3. Please explain the meaning of the poem.
   请说明这首诗的意思。
4. I will try to explain the situation as I see it.
   我将试着根据我自己的看法讲一讲形势。
5. He explained scientifically the most important questions of political economy.
   他科学地阐述了政治经济学中的一些最重要的问题。
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6. This can be easily explained.
   这很容易解释。
7. This problem will be explained next time.
   这个问题下次再作解释。
8. This problem has not yet been satisfactorily explained.
   这个问题还没有得到令人满意的解释。

1. He explained how to use this instrument.
   他解释如何使用这台仪器。
2. Can you explain why to do it like that?
   你能解释为什么那样做吗?
3. They didn't explain where to get it.
   他们没有说明在什么地方弄到它的。

1. They began to explain that they had been delayed by the weather.
   他们开始解释说,天气使他们耽搁了。
2. I explained that we could stay no longer.
   我说过我们不能再停留了。
3. I explained that we were perfectly safe.
   我向他说过我们非常安全。
4. The man operating this pump explained that it could supply enough water to irrigate 5000 mu of land.
   开水泵的人说,这个水泵抽上来的水足够灌溉五千亩地。

1. The enclosed letter will explain what has happened.
   附来的信将说明发生的情况。
2. The worker explained how the machine worked.
   那位工人讲解这台机器如何运用。
3. He explained how the machine was used.
   他给我们讲解这机器怎么使用。
4. She tried to explain why she had stayed out so late.
   她设法解释她为什么在外面呆这么晚的原因。

1. “I came by subway,” she explained.
   “我是坐地铁来的,”她解释说。

• He took a card from his pocket...'That will explain to Dr. Everard,' he said.

  出自：M. Gray

• He was weary from trying to explain ideas to people who could not visualize them.

  出自：J. A. Michener

• Briers had been explaining to his superiors what he intended to do.

  出自：C. P. Snow

• The Blackfoot chief..explained how the braves used to drive buffalo.

  出自：Daily Telegraph

explain, explicate, expound, interpret

这四个词都有“解释”“阐明”的意思。其区别在于:

1.explain指对不了解、不明白或不清楚之事进行解释; explicate指对复杂的事情进行讨论或说明; expound指对某问题或道理进行解释说明; interpret指对难以理解的疑难点解释说明清楚。例如:

Explain yourself! Why did you do it?你说清楚!为什么干那种事?

The principle is explicated into three axioms.这一原理可以分析成三条公理。

The priest expounded his religion to us.那位神父向我们阐述了他所信的宗教。

The professor interpreted the poem for us.教授为我们解释了那首诗的真正含义。

2.explain是仔细、详尽地运用专业知识进行解释; explicate是逐点讨论和仔细说明; expound是指某人在具有渊博知识的基础上,详细地、系统地解释说明; interpret是用言语或表演等方式解释说明。例如:

He explained how to use the parachute.他讲解怎样使用降落伞。

I am sure you can explicate this work to me.我确信你能为我分析一下这篇作品。

In these two chapters, the author expounds the law of universal gravitation.在这两章里,作者详尽阐述了万有引力定律。

The poet read and then interpreted his poem about nature.诗人先读,然后解释了他那首关于大自然的诗。