詞彙精選:clarify的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
v.
澄清;闡明 [I,T]
例句:
He left the matter to clarify gradually by itself.
他讓此事的真相逐漸自行澄清。
例句:
I want to clarify matters.
我想要先澄清一下。
淨化 [I]
例句:
It requires great efforts to clarify sewage in cities.
淨化城市的污水需要很大的努力。
例句:
Bladderwrack seaweed has a very high mineral content, skin protective antioxidants and nourishing vitamins to balance skin tone, purify and clarify the complexion.
墨角藻有很高的礦物成分,以及提供皮膚保護和抗氧化劑的維生素,平衡營養膚色,淨化和明亮肌膚。
清醒 [T]
例句:
His mind suddenly clarified.
他的頭腦突然清醒起來。
例句:
It will only help clarify the thinking of the party and the people and strengthen our conviction that we are on the right road.
這隻會使我們的黨和人民更加清醒,更加相信我們走的道路是正確的。
二、詞義辨析:
explain,interpret,illustrate,clarify,account
這些動詞均有“説明”之意。explain含義廣,最普通用詞,指把某事向原來不瞭解、不清楚的人解釋明白、説清楚等。interpret着重以特殊的知識、經驗來解釋難理解的事情。illustrate多指用實例或插圖、圖表加以説明。clarify指把已發生的事件。情況和現狀説清楚。account説明某事物如何符合自然法則或邏輯。
三、參考例句:
I want to clarify matters.
我想要先澄清一下。
Can you clarify this long sentence?
你能把這個長句子解釋清楚嗎?
A bank spokesman was unable to clarify the situation.
一位銀行發言人未能把情況解釋清楚。
He issued a statement to clarify the situation.
他發表了一項聲明以澄清形勢。
Annotations can be added to any widget to clarify functionality.
為闡明功能可以在任何部件上增加標註。
An example will help to clarify what I mean.
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These brief remarks may serve to clarify the fact.
這些簡要的評論可以澄清事實。
I hope that what I say will clarify the situation.
我希望我説的話能澄清這一情況。
He left the matter to clarify gradually by itself.
他讓此事的真相逐漸自行澄清。
It requires great efforts to clarify sewage in cities.
淨化城市的污水需要很大的努力。