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词汇 explanation
释义 explanation
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
B1
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy to understand: 解释;说明;给出的原因
give someone an explanation of somethingCould you give me a quick explanation of how it works?你能给我简要说明一下它的工作原理吗?
explanation forWhat was her explanation for why she was late?她是如何解释她迟到的原因的?
[ + that ]The judge didn't believe his explanation that he had stolen the money in order to give it to charity.他辩解说偷钱是为了捐给慈善机构,但是法官并不相信。
by way of explanationHe said, by way of explanation, that he hadn't seen the traffic light change to red.他解释说他没有看到红灯亮了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

an answer
answerWe're still waiting for an answer.
reply "How far?" asked Nigel. "Not far," was the mumbled reply.
answer105 is the correct answer.
responseThank you for your swift response.
reactionWhat was her reaction when she was asked for her resignation?
retortAlan snapped back with a witty retort.
It's really annoying when a train is late and there's no explanation.火车误点而又不作任何解释,这很令人恼火。
I wasn't wholly convinced by her explanation.她的解释未能让我完全信服。
Did he offer any explanation for his strange behaviour?他有没有对自己的怪异行为作出任何解释?
I've been waiting here for almost an hour - I think you owe me an explanation.
The entry for each idiom includes a useful, clear explanation about how it is used.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Reasons and explanations
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argumentation
ascribe something to something
ascription
ascriptive
case
definition
explication
exposition
extenuating
extenuation
flack
good cause
key
reason
talk
unclarified
warrantable
warrantably
wherefores

explanation | American Dictionary


explanation
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˌek·spləˈneɪ·ʃən/
the details or other information that someone gives to make something clear or easy to understand:
[ C ]She gave a detailed explanation of the administration’s health-care proposal.
An explanation is also a reason or an excuse for doing something:
[ C ]He had no explanation for his absence the day before.

Examples of explanation


explanation
This can best be done in clearly situated case studies, which yield qualitative findings that can then be examined for possible explanations and further enquiry.
One cannot dismiss a purely historical explanation, however.
It is not clear how dynamical systems serve as a psychological explanation as opposed to a complex description of behavior.
Again, it is difficult to conceive of an explanation of this replay of activity patterns that does not involve memory consolidation, transfer, or integration.
One possible explanation for the differing results may have to do with the fact that we were requesting summary instead of individual patient data.
In this context, the need for more harmonization in the explanation and application of the directives at a national level was stressed.
An explanation for these differences will require further investigations, but one plausible interpretation may be related to teaching policy.
The economic explanation for the timber market effects of a negative stock shock is not difficult to see.
Even so, an explanation why just these symptoms co-occur would be welcome.
Therefore, the psychiatric conditions were not regarded as a plausible explanation of the symptoms.
There are at least three alternative explanations for our results other than evidence of a transmission cost to inducing symptoms.
But if both processes are operating, what explanation provides a synthesis?
A theoretical explanation of these unexpected findings seems in order.
Here, then, an alternative explanation of the equitable man is required.
Restricting explanation to the actual microcausal chain misses this structural fact.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations withexplanation


explanation

These are words often used in combination with explanation.

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acceptable explanation
For the difference between the two populations their genetic difference is not an acceptable explanation.
accepted explanation
The husband, who had dementia, was deaf, which provided the acceptedexplanation for his lack of communication with other group members.
adequate explanation
However, we do not regard the differences in input source to be an adequateexplanation of the phenomenological distinction between waking and dreaming.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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