elucidation

IPA/ɪˌluːsɪˈdeɪʃn/
IPA/ɪˌluːsɪˈdeɪʃn/

elucidation — 名詞

1. a formal effort to make a difficult idea, text, or situation easier to understan

1.名詞C1
釋義

闡明；解釋

用詳細說明使艱深內容變清楚

a formal effort to make a difficult idea, text, or situation easier to understand by talking or writing about it in detail

例句

Professor Adina offered a careful elucidation of the poem's final stanza to her students.

Adina 教授為學生細心闡明了那首詩最後一節的意涵。

elucidation of [text] — typical academic context

The committee asked Faisal for further elucidation of the new tax rules before voting.

委員會在投票前要求 Faisal 進一步解釋這項新稅務規定。

ask for + elucidation — collocation

常見搭配
  • careful elucidation
  • further elucidation
  • clear elucidation
  • elucidation of the text
同義詞
  • clarification

    closer in register; clarification answers a specific confusion, elucidation gives a fuller, structured explanation

  • explanation

    the neutral everyday word; elucidation is the formal, academic variant

  • exposition

    a long systematic presentation of a subject; broader in scope than elucidation

反義詞

文法句型

elucidation of [topic]

for further elucidation

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and almost always followed by 'of' plus the thing being explained. Common in academic, legal, and technical writing; rare in casual speech, where 'explanation' is used instead.

常見錯誤

Can you give me an elucidation about the rules?
Can you give me an explanation of the rules?
'elucidation' is too formal for casual requests; use 'explanation' in everyday speech.
She wrote two elucidations on the topic.
She wrote two explanations of the topic.
'elucidation' is typically uncountable; avoid the plural form in most contexts.

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常用片語

  • require elucidation
  • offer elucidation
  • for further elucidation

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