0 to make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it -- 解释；说明；阐明
If there's anything you don't understand, I'll be happy to explain. 如果你有什么不懂的地方，我会很乐意为你讲解。
The teacher explained the rules to the children. 老师向孩子们说明规则。
[ + question word ] Our guide explained where the cathedral was. 导游给我们讲解了大教堂的位置。
Please could you explain why you're so late. 你能否解释一下你迟到这么久的原因？
[ + that ] She explained that she was going to stay with her sister. 她解释说她要去和妹妹一起住。
[ + speech ] "Someone must have hit the wrong button," an official explained. “一定有人误碰了按钮，”一位官员解释说。
Molly asked the teacher if she could explain herself a little more clearly (= say more clearly what she meant). 莫莉请求老师能否讲得更清楚些。
No one has been able to explain (= give the reason for) the accident. 还没有人能解释事故的原因。
He hadn't been home for three days so I asked him to explain himself. 他一连3天没有回家，所以我要他解释一下怎么回事儿。
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.
