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 ex·plain /ɪkˈsplen/
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 explain
 解釋

 Ex·plain v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explained p. pr. & vb. n. Explaining.]
 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]
    The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf.   --Evelyn.
 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
    Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you.   --Gay.
 To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. “Those explain the meaning quite away.”
 Syn: -- To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.

 Ex·plain, v. i. To give an explanation.
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 explain
      v 1: make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of
           physics to his students" [syn: explicate]
      2: define; "The committe explained their plan for fund-raising
         to the Dean"
      3: serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need
         to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work";
         "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date
         again" [syn: excuse]