Explain

(verb.) make plain and comprehensible; 'He explained the laws of physics to his students'.

(verb.) define; 'The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean'.

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• We can here consider only a few cases; of these, some of the most difficult to explain are presented by fish. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Is there anything further which I can explain, Dr. Trevelyan? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I must explain to you, Mr. Holmes, that to-morrow is the first day of the examination for the Fortescue Scholarship. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Miss Clack, will you have the goodness to explain yourself? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Explain the purport of your remark. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Why you are so certain you cannot explain to yourself, but you know it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In a whisper, he explained to me the apparition of the three figures on the platform of rock. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I alluded to the coldness of her letters; but the few minutes we had spent together sufficiently explained the origin of this. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The last name was written in pencil, and Amy explained that he was to rewrite it in ink and seal it up for her properly. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Every thing, that is different is distinguishable: and everything, that is distinguishable, may be separated, according to the maxims above-explained. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The great and general utility of the banking trade, when prudently managed, has been fully explained in the second book of this Inquiry. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• An instant later the mystery was explained. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• They smell less if one blows them out, she explained, with her bright housekeeping air. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• More than any other generalization it illuminates the currents of our national life and explains the altering tasks of statesmanship. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The origin of justice explains that of property. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Mr. Vholes, explains the client, somewhat abashed, I had no intention to accuse you of insensibility. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He explains the perplexities and contradictions of life as a conflict of light and darkness, Ormuzd was God and Ahriman Satan. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The manner, in which these two systems, though directly contrary, are connected together, may be explains, as follows. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Yes, he sings for me, and I read to him in my Bible; and he explains what it means, you know. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• This--clamping and fastening--explains the necessity for building the bed on its side. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Not at all, said Lydgate, I was simply explaining my own action. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He would write explaining his absence, of course; there would be a note from him by the late post. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• We killed a pair of _guardia civil_, he said, explaining the military saddles. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• As for YOUR way of looking at it, William Brangwen, it needs a little explaining. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I believe this rule to be of the highest importance in explaining the laws of embryology. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• I propose explaining the case to the servants. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The accompanying diagram will assist in explaining the arrangement. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

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