explain的意思

vt.& vi. 講解，解釋；

vt. 說明…的原因，辯解；

vi. 說明，解釋，辯解；

explain的用法

用作不及物動詞

S+～(+A)

When you are wrong, don't explain.

錯了,你不用解釋。

I don't understand this, please explain.

我不明白這點,請解釋一下。

Jenny tried to explain.

詹妮想設法解釋一下。

You needn't explain any more.

你不必再解釋了。

用作及物動詞

S+～+n./pron.

That explains his absence.

他缺席就是這個原因。

They sent us a letter to explain the delay.

他們給我們一封信解釋為什么耽擱了。

Please explain the meaning of the poem.

請說明這首詩的意思。

I will try to explain the situation as I see it.

我將試著根據(jù)我自己的看法講一講形勢。

S+～+wh-to-v

He explained how to use this instrument.

他解釋如何使用這臺儀器。

Can you explain why to do it like that?你能解釋為什么那樣做嗎?

They didn't explain where to get it.

他們沒有說明在什么地方弄到它的。

S+～+that-clause

They began to explain that they had been delayed by the weather.

他們開始解釋說,天氣使他們耽擱了。

I explained that we could stay no longer.

我說過我們不能再停留了。

I explained that we were perfectly safe.

我向他說過我們非常安全。

The man operating this pump explained that it could supply enough water to irrigate 5000 mu of land.

開水泵的人說,這個水泵抽上來的水足夠灌溉五千畝地。

S+～+wh-clause

The enclosed letter will explain what has happened.

附來的信將說明發(fā)生的情況。

The worker explained how the machine worked.

那位工人講解這臺機器如何運用。

He explained how the machine was used.

他給我們講解這機器怎么使用。

She tried to explain why she had stayed out so late.

她設法解釋她為什么在外面呆這么晚的原因。

引出直接引語

“I came by subway,” she explained.

“我是坐地鐵來的,”她解釋說。

explain的用法例句

1. Her aggressiveness made it difficult for him to explain his own feelings.

她咄咄逼人的態(tài)度讓他難以解釋自己的感情。

2. Hospital discipline was broken. Amy would have to explain herself.

破壞了醫(yī)院的紀律，埃米將不得不為自己辯解。

3. Doctors cannot be bothered to explain what they do.

醫(yī)生們才懶得解釋他們所做的事情。

4. Our traveller'sbehaviour on the journey is hard to explain.

我們的旅客一路上的行為讓人很難解釋。

5. Oh, I can't explain it. It's just unreal. Everybody is so happy.

啊，我都沒法形容。就是太棒了，每個人都很高興。

6. If you'll bear with me, Frank, just let me try to explain.

你要對我有點兒耐心，弗蘭克，讓我跟你解釋。