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clarify

英 [ˈklærəfaɪ]

美 [ˈklærəfaɪ]

v.  使更清晰易懂; 阐明; 澄清; (尤指通过加热使黄油)纯净,净化

过去分词:clarified 现在分词:clarifying 第三人称单数:clarifies 过去式:clarified 

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牛津词典

    verb

    • 使更清晰易懂;阐明;澄清
      to make sth clearer or easier to understand
      1. to clarify a situation/problem/issue
        澄清情况 / 问题
      2. I hope this clarifies my position .
        我希望这能阐明我的立场。
      3. She asked him to clarify what he meant.
        她要他说清楚他是什么意思。
    • (尤指通过加热使黄油)纯净,净化
      to make sth, especially butter, pure by heating it
      1. clarified butter
        已净化的黄油

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB 阐明;阐释;说明
      Toclarifysomething means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
      1. Thank you for writing and allowing me to clarify the present position...
        谢谢你的来信,并允许我阐明目前的立场。
      2. A bank spokesman was unable to clarify the situation.
        一位银行发言人未能把情况解释清楚。

    英英释义

    verb

    • make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
      1. clarify the butter
      2. clarify beer
    • make clear and (more) comprehensible
      1. clarify the mystery surrounding her death
      Synonym:clear upelucidate

    双语例句

    • Let me clarify this for you.
      让我向你们中不了解的情况的人澄清一下。
    • He left the matter to clarify gradually by itself.
      他让此事的真相逐渐自行澄清。
    • We hope this helps to clarify the situation.
      我们希望这有助后澄清事态。
    • But further genetic analysis and study should help to clarify these early migrations.
      但是更多的遗传基因分析和研究应该会有助于理清这些早期的移民情况。
    • The aim of this initial meeting is to clarify the issues.
      本次初步会议的目标是澄清这些问题。
    • For now, I will clarify some of my initial commitments and outline some plans for this year.
      眼下,我将澄清我的一些初步承诺并概述今年的一些计划。
    • Shall we clarify the relations between the media, the public and the government on this matter?
      就这个事件,我们是否可以讨论一下媒体和民众、政府间的关系。
    • The Foreign Secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.
      外交大臣的话对本周较早时候发表的一份模棱两可的声明作出了澄清。
    • Thank you for writing and allowing me to clarify the present position
      谢谢你的来信,并允许我阐明目前的立场。
    • On that occasion I had asked a question of the judge that had helped clarify things.
      我问了法官一个问题,帮助澄清了事情。