0 to make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it -- 解釋；說明；闡明
If there's anything you don't understand, I'll be happy to explain. 如果你有甚麼不明白的地方，我很樂意為你講解。
The teacher explained the rules to the children. 老師向小朋友說明規則。
[ + question word ] Our guide explained where the cathedral was. 導遊向我們講解了大教堂的位置。
Please could you explain why you're so late. 你可不可以解釋一下你遲到這麼久的原因？
[ + that ] She explained that she was going to stay with her sister. 她解釋說她要去和妹妹一起住。
[ + speech ] "Someone must have hit the wrong button," an official explained. 「一定有人誤按了按鈕，」一位官員解釋說。
Molly asked the teacher if she could explain herself a little more clearly (= say more clearly what she meant). 莫莉請老師再講清楚些。
No one has been able to explain (= give the reason for) the accident. 還沒有人能解釋事故的原因。
He hadn't been home for three days so I asked him to explain himself. 他一連三天沒有回家，所以我要他解釋一下原因。
She tried to explain what had happened but he kept interrupting her.
Any decent teacher should be able to explain the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.
Pay attention to what she's saying because she won't explain it a second time.
She painstakingly explained how the machine worked.
This booklet about the project explains things in an easy, non-technical way.
The age disparity is also explained to some extent by ageing effects, however.
Recall that the non-pronunciation of vocalic positions was explained above by government.
The form cannot be explained on the basis of a constraint on the minimal size of words, like the foot.
