【explanation音标】 英[ˌekspləˈneɪʃn] 美[ˌekspləˈneɪʃn]
【单词释义】 explanation是什么意思:
n.解释;说明;辩解;(消除误会后)和解
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] explanations
【关联词/派生词】
explain v. 解释,说明
explanatory adj.解释性的;解释的;说明的;阐述的
explicate vt.解释,说明(文章或计划等)
explicable adj.可解释的,可说明的
【explanation形近词/近似词】
indignation n.[U] 愤怒;愤慨;义愤;愤愤不平
resignation n.辞职;辞职信,辞呈;顺从;听从
intonation n.语调,声调;音准
donation n.捐赠,赠送;捐款;捐赠物
alternation n.交替,轮流,间隔;更迭;变换
【单词例句】
◇ Tired of his explanation that he must obey the orders, she filed for divorce.
受够了他总是必须服从命令的解释,她提出了离婚。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ Being drunk, sliding on a banana skin or whispering his own failures to nobody, he made us feel more content with our life without any verbal explanation.
喝醉酒啦,踩到香蕉皮滑倒啦,或者自言自语(低语)自己的糗事啦,他无需任何语言解释的表演总是使我们对自己的生活感到更加满意。
---- Chaplin - A Great Master of Humour
◇ For nearly 25 years scientists were hampered in their efforts to find an explanation for the huge explosions because they lasted no longer than a few seconds.
在其后大约25年的时间里,科学家试图为大爆炸找到一个解释,但由于大爆炸的持续时间只有几秒钟,他们显然对此束手无策。
---- The Big Bang