explicate

IPA/ˈeksplɪkeɪt/
KK[ˈɛkspləkˌet]IPA/ˈeksplɪkeɪt/

explicate — 動詞

  • 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

闡釋

把作品或想法詳細說明

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.

Karim 教授為新生班逐行闡釋了這首詩。

explicate + text line by line

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

Yuna 在讀書會上闡釋了作者的主要論點。

常見搭配
  • explicate a poem
  • explicate a passage
  • explicate a theory
  • explicate a symbol
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.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • explicate a poem
  • explicate a theory
  • explicate a passage

副詞搭配

  • carefully explicate
  • fully explicate

常用片語

  • explicate a difficult idea
  • explicate the meaning of a line