explicate

/ˈeksplɪkeɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈeksplɪkeɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈek-splə-ˌkāt/ (ame, mw)

explicate — verb

  • explicatepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • explicateshe / she / it
  • explicatedpast simple
  • explicating-ing form

1. to make the meaning of a text, theory, or difficult idea clear by explaining eac

1.動詞及物C2
釋義

to make the meaning of a text, theory, or difficult idea clear by explaining each part carefully

例句

Professor Karim explicated the poem line by line for the new class.

explicate + text line by line

Yuna explicated the author's main argument during the reading group.

同義詞
  • explain

    the broad everyday word for making something clear

  • clarify

    stresses removing confusion rather than giving a full step-by-step account

  • interpret

    often means giving a reading of meaning, especially in art, literature, or law

反義詞
  • obscure

    means make something harder to understand

  • confuse

    means leave the meaning less clear to the listener or reader

文法句型

explicate a poem

explicate a theory

explicate a difficult passage

用法筆記

Usually takes an object naming a text, line, theory, or difficult idea. More formal than explain and especially common in academic discussion.

常見錯誤

❌Please explicate me the last paragraph.
✅Please explicate the last paragraph to me.
💡Explicate takes the text or idea as its direct object, not a person.