ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPLANATION | EXPLANATION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤convincing, credible, good, likely, logical, natural, obvious, plausible, probable, rational令人信服的/可信的/不錯的/很可能的/符合邏輯的/自然的/明顯的/合理的/可能的/理性的解釋◇The most likely explanation is that his plane was delayed.最可能的解釋是他的飛機晚點了。➤implausible, inadequate, unlikely難以叫人相信的/不充分的/不大可能的解釋▸➤acceptable, adequate, reasonable, satisfactory, sufficient可接受的/適當的/合理的/令人滿意的/充分的解釋▸➤further進一步的解釋◇No further explanation is necessary.沒必要再進一步解釋。➤no apparent沒有顯而易見的解釋◇There was no apparent explanation for the attack.這次攻擊事件沒有明顯的理由可作解釋。➤clear, coherent清楚的解釋;條理清楚的闡述▸➤complete, comprehensive, detailed, full完整的/全面的/詳細的/詳盡的解釋▸➤partial不完全的解釋▸➤complex, complicated複雜的解釋▸➤easy, simple容易的/簡單的解釋▸➤innocent, prosaic單純的解釋;平淡無奇的解釋◇There's sure to be a perfectly innocent explanation for all this-though I admit it looks bizarre.雖然我承認這件事看上去有些怪異,但肯定有一個再尋常不過的解釋。➤convenient方便的解釋▸➤accepted, traditional公認的解釋;傳統的解釋◇There is no generally accepted explanation of this practice.對這一習慣做法沒有公認的解釋。➤official官方的解釋▸➤possible可能的解釋▸➤alternative另一種解釋▸➤correct, real, true正確的/真正的/真實的解釋▸➤brief簡短的解釋▸➤lengthy, long冗長的解釋▸➤verbal口頭解釋▸➤general一般的解釋▸➤common通常的解釋◇the common explanations for cancer對癌症的通常解釋➤only, sole唯一的解釋◇It's the only explanation that makes any kind of sense.這是唯一有點兒道理的解釋。➤causal因果解釋◇The causal explanation must be that old age causes poverty, not that poverty causes people to be old.因果解釋一定是年老引起貧困,而不是貧困催人老。➤ad hoc臨時給出的解釋▸➤cultural, historical, political, psychological, scientific, sociological, technical, theoretical文化的/歷史的/政治的/心理的/科學的/社會學的/技術的/理論的解釋VERB + EXPLANATION➤have有解釋◇I had no explanation for her strange mood.我無法解釋她異常的情緒。➤give (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with)( 為某人 ) 給出解釋; ( 給某人 ) 提供解釋◇He only offered a partial explanation for his lateness.他對自己的遲到只說了個大概的原因。➤go into, launch into開始解釋◇She launched into a detailed explanation of every aspect of her work.她開始詳細地解釋她工作的每一個方面。➤advance, propose, put forward提出解釋◇one explanation advanced by Marxist historians由馬克思主義歷史學家提出的一個解釋➤call for, need, require, want要求解釋;需要解釋;想要解釋◇An explanation is clearly called for.無疑需要一個解釋。➤look for, seek尋求解釋▸➤find, think of找到/想出解釋◇I can think of one possible explanation for her reaction.關於她的反應,我想到了一個可能的解釋。➤ask for, demand要求解釋◇She wrote to the company demanding an explanation.她寫信給公司要求解釋。➤wait for等待解釋▸➤deserve, merit應得到解釋◇I suppose you deserve an explanation.我認為你理應得到一個解釋。➤owe sb欠某人解釋◇I think you owe me an explanation.我想你欠我一個解釋。➤receive收到解釋▸➤accept接受解釋▸➤defy無法解釋◇Her success has been so remarkable as to defy explanation.她的成功是如此驚人,簡直無法解釋。EXPLANATION + VERB➤lie原因在 ( 於 )◇The simplest explanation for his achievements lies in his greater ability and superiority over his contemporaries at college.他之所以取得成就,最簡單的解釋就是他比大學中的同齡人能力更強,表現更優秀。➤emerge, occur to sb解釋顯現;某人想到解釋◇No single clear explanation emerged from the experiments.實驗未能顯現出任一清楚的解釋。◇A more credible explanation now occurred to her.現在她想到了一個更可信的解釋。➤exist解釋存在◇Several possible explanations exist.存在多種可能的解釋。➤suggest sth解釋暗示⋯PREPOSITION➤in explanation作為解釋◇'I've worked with them before, you see,' he added, in explanation.“你知道,我以前和他們一起工作過。”他又解釋說。➤without explanation沒有解釋◇She left suddenly and without explanation.她未作任何解釋就突然離開了。➤explanation about關於⋯的解釋◇He entered into a technical explanation about software and programming.他開始從技術的角度解釋軟件和編程。➤explanation as to關於⋯的解釋◇He provided no explanation as to why he was late.對於為何遲到他未作解釋。➤explanation for就⋯的解釋◇There is probably some perfectly logical explanation for their absence.他們的缺席很可能有某種完全合理的解釋。➤explanation from來自⋯的解釋◇We are still waiting for a full explanation from the teacher concerned.我們仍在等待相關老師給出充分的解釋。PHRASES➤an attempt at explanation試圖解釋◇The men left quickly with no attempt at explanation.這些人並未試圖解釋便很快地離開了。➤by way of explanation作為解釋◇'I had to see you,' he said, by way of explanation.“我必須得見你。”他解釋說。
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