explanation

n. 说明，解释；辩解

n.

解释；说明；辩解；（消除误会后）和解

变形

复数：explanations

双语释义

[C][U]解释,说明explaining

[C]用以解释的事物 sth that explains

英英释义

explanation[ ,eksplə'neiʃən ]

n.

a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.

"the explanation was very simple"

同义词：account

thought that makes something comprehensible

the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible

"I heard his explanation of the accident"

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

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

need an explanation需要解释

obtain an explanation得到说明〔解释〕

offer an explanation作出解释

provide an explanation作出解释

repeat an explanation反复说明〔解释〕

require an explanation要求解释〔说明〕

try an explanation试图说明

wait an explanation等待说明〔解释〕

形容词+～

additional explanation附加说明

common explanation普遍的说明

deeper explanation进一步说明,深入说明

economic explanation从经济学观点说明

full explanation充分说明

further explanation进一步说明

scientific explanation科学的解释

词组短语

in explanation of解释

special explanation特别说明

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“解释”的意思，其区别是：

exposition通常指对论点、假设、理论等的重点作详尽的阐述。

definition主要指对某一词、短语或专门术语的含义作解释、下定义。

description指对某一事物的重要方面进行详细叙述，常含教育与启迪意味。

explanation普通用词，指使人明白未知或不清楚的事。

interpretation多指对文字上较难的段落，或难于理解，令人迷惑的问题作出解释或说明。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

I made a full and frank explanation to the court.
我对堂上直话直说,从头到尾解释了一番。

What did he say in explanation of his stupid behavior?
他说了什么来解释他那愚蠢的行为？

There could be some psychological explanation for his bad health.
他的健康不佳可能有心理上的原因。

That's not an adequate explanation.
这并不足以说明问题。

His explanations are always difficult to believe.
他说的总是令人难以相信。

权威例句

explanation (n.)

late 14c., from Latin explanationem (nominative explanatio) "an explanation, interpretation," noun of action from past participle stem of explanare "to make plain or clear, explain," literally "make level, flatten," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + planus "flat" (see plane (n.1)).

1. I cut him short in the middle of his explanation.

他正在解释中，我打断了他的话。

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2. He lulled people into acceptance of his explanation.

他骗使人们接受他的解释。

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3. He closed the door before she could stammer out her explanation.

她还没来得及结结巴巴地作出解释，他就把门关上了。

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4. These records afford no explanation.

这些记录找不出任何解释。

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5. Your explanation sounds farfetched.

你的解释有些牵强。

6. I have no explanation for what happened.

我不知道该如何解释发生的事情。

7. So we need to have some better explanation.

所以我们需要得到更好的解释。

8. Yes, I have heard your explanation before, Maestro.

是的，大师，我以前听过你的解释。

9. But this is only a partial explanation, as I argue in my book.

但是这仅仅是一个有偏见的解释，就如我在书中所言。

10. There could be another explanation, however.

不过，还可能有另外一种解释。

11. And there is only one explanation for that at the molecular level, which is common ancestor.

而对此唯一的解释就是，在分子水平上，我们有着共同的祖先。

12. I do not see any other explanation of how one can get so near to a great discovery and yet fail at the last, and rather small, step.

我还没有见过任何其它解释来说明一个人如何会离一个重大发现如此之近而最终与之失之交臂，即便仅仅差一小步。

13. We have received no explanation for this expulsion of this, of our organization.

我们没有得到有关我们组织被驱逐的任何解释。

14. Soothed by the not-quite explanation, she jumped into the empty side of the bed.

她在这个不完全正确的解释下释然了，跳到了床上空着的一边。

15. The explanation of this can be found in the next section regarding Execution.

有关于这个活动的说明可以在下一节有关执行的部分中找到。

16. They often imply that the statement requires no explanation or back up, but that it should merely be accepted without question.

作出断言的人通常暗示这种声明无需解释或者证实，而应该仅仅需要不加质疑地被接受。

17. If you understand what I have said before, then the two conditions should be understood without explanation attached.

如果你读懂了我前面的话，那么这两个条件不用解释也应该懂的。

18. Remember that you can modify all of these titles, so if you believe there should be more explanation for the user then, by all means, put it in.

记住您可以改变所有这些标题，所以如果您相信要为用户提供更多说明，尽一切办法将其放上去。

19. However, no evidence for this explanation was found.

然而，这一解释并没有证据支持。

20. An explanation of how the solution meets business and engineering goals.

有关解决方案如何满足业务和工程目标的说明。

21. Once Scott gives you the overview of this strategy (and an explanation for why it works so well), he goes into very practical techniques for implementing it …and these are things that anyone can use.

一旦斯科特向你概述这个战略（并解释为什么它这么好用），通过非常实用的技巧来实施… …这些是任何人都可以使用的。

22. What is often lacking, or inadequately expressed, is an explanation of how and why the research is relevant to the public at large.

这类报道中经常缺乏的、或者表现不充分的，是向大家解释被报道的研究为何与公众有关。

23. This one needs no explanation.

这条不用解释了吧。

24. Marx was a monist. For him there was one explanation for any social, personal or political problem: the class struggle.

马克思是一元论者，在他看来，任何社会、个人或者政治问题都只有一个解释：阶级斗争。

25. Marx was a monist. For him there was one explanation for any social, personal or political problem: the class struggle.

马克思是一元论者，在他看来，任何社会、个人或者政治问题都只有一个解释：阶级斗争。

26. The explanation of this phenomenon is straightforward.

对这个现象的解释是简单的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

27. a coherent explanation

有条理的说明

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

28. This argument requires a specific explanation.

这一论点需要具体的阐述。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

29. Our sensible explanation won’t be interrupted by that Save Changes? dialog.

我们明智的解释不会被“另存为”对话框打断。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

30. For all your explanation, I understand no better than before.

尽管你做了解释，我还是不懂。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

31. His explanation was far from satisfactory.

他的解释一点也不令人满意。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

32. If an explanation is offered, users will be less inclined to assume the rejection is arbitrary (or the product of a defective keyboard).

如果提供了解释，用户会不认为拒绝是任意的（也不会认为是键盘出了问题），这样也有助于用户提供程序所需的信息。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

33. If you were to ask a human how to perform a task, he would use his finger to point to objects on the screen to augment his explanation.

如果你向某人请教如何执行一个任务，他会用手指着屏幕上的对象加以解释。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

34. Generally speaking, it’s a good idea to put these types of functions deeper into the interface (see Chapter 10 for an explanation).

一般来说，将这种类型的功能在界面中隐藏起来是一个好主意（见第10章中的详细解释）。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

35. It is fairly easy to put on a menu item, but more difficult to put on a toolbar control, although putting the explanation in a ToolTip is a good compromise (see Chapter 23 for more about toolbars and ToolTips).

将解释性撤销放在菜单项中很容易，但放在工具栏控件上会比较困难，虽然将解释性撤销放在工具提示（见第23章）中是一种很好的折中。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓