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。


凈化 [I]


例句:

It requires great efforts to clarify sewage in cities.

凈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(yǎng)膚色,凈化和明亮肌膚。


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.

這只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“說明”之意。 explain含義廣,最普通用詞,指把某事向原來不了解、不清楚的人解釋明白、說清楚等。 interpret著重以特殊的知識、經驗來解釋難理解的事情。 illustrate多指用實例或插圖、圖表加以說明。 clarify指把已發(fā)生的事件。情況和現(xiàn)狀說清楚。 account說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(fā)言人未能把情況解釋清楚。


He issued a statement to clarify the situation.

他發(fā)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注。


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.

我希望我說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.

凈化城市的污水需要很大的努力。