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explanation 音標拼音: [ ,ɛksplən'eʃən] n. 解釋,解說,說明 解釋,解說,說明 explanation說明 explanation n 1: a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; " the explanation was very simple"; " I expected a brief account" [ synonym: { explanation}, { account}] 2: thought that makes something comprehensible 3: the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; " I heard his explanation of the accident" Explanation \ Ex` pla* na" tion\, n. [ L. explanatio: cf. OF. esplanation.] 1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense. [ 1913 Webster] Different explanations [ of the Trinity]. -- Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation. Syn: Definition; description; explication; exposition; interpretation; detail. See { Definition}. [ 1913 Webster] 126 Moby Thesaurus words for " explanation": abstraction, accomplishment, account, allegorization, analysis, answer, ascertainment, body of theory, case, case in point, cause, clarification, clearance, clearing, clearing up, commentary, construction, cracking, criticism, decipherment, decoding, definition, delineation, demonstration, demythologization, denouement, description, destigmatization, destigmatizing, determination, disclosure, disentanglement, doctrinairism, doctrinality, doctrinarity, editing, elucidation, emblem, emendation, end, end result, enlightenment, euhemerism, example, exculpation, excuse, exegesis, exemplar, exemplification, explication, exponent, expose, exposition, expounding, finding, finding- out, grounds, illumination, illustration, instance, interpretation, issue, justification, key, light, meaning, mere theory, motive, object lesson, outcome, pretense, pretext, purgation, purging, rational ground, rationale, rationalization, reason, reason why, rehabilitation, reinstatement, relevant instance, representative, resolution, resolving, restoration, result, riddling, signification, simplification, solution, solving, sorting out, speculation, stated cause, symbol, tentative explanation, the big idea, the idea, the whatfor, the wherefore, the why, theoretic, theoretical basis, theoretical structure, theoretics, theoria, theoric, theorization, theory, type, typical example, underlying reason, unified theory, unlocking, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, vindication, working, working- out
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