describe/detail/explain/narrate.导航词义：描述，叙述

1. describe:v. 描写，描述.普通用词，指说明某人或某事物的细节，使有清晰的形象。

The police asked her to describe the robber.

警察叫她描述一下强盗的样子。

He described how the accident had happened.

他描述了事故是如何发生的。

She described the beauty of London in Chapter 6.

她在第6章里描述了伦敦之美。

2. detail:v. 详述.指详细说明关于某事的事实或信息。

In the report, the manager detailed the progress his staff had made over the last year.

经理在报告中详述了下属员工在去年取得的进展。

The usage of this cleanser is fully detailed in the brochure.

这种清洁剂的用法在小册子里有详细说明。

3. explain:v. 阐明，说明.指以一种清楚明了的方式讲解某事。

Can you explain how the machine is operated?

请说明如何使用这台机器好吗？

The teacher explained the rules to the children.

老师向孩子们说明规则。

4. narrate:v. 叙述，描述.指叙述经历或讲故事。

I'd like to narrate my life story.

我想叙述一下我的生平。

The story is narrated by the main actor.

故事由男主角讲述。

全部

1·It's pretty hard to explain.

这事很难解释清楚。《牛津词典》

2·Explain why you didn't telephone.

解释一下你为什么不打电话。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·Can you explain that point again?

你能再解释一下那一点吗？《牛津词典》

4·He rang off before I could explain.

我还没来得及解释他就挂了。《牛津词典》

5·'Let me explain!' he added helpfully.

“让我来说明一下！”他热心地补充道。《牛津词典》

6·Please don't get cross. Let me explain.

请别发火，让我来解释一下。《牛津词典》

7·How can I explain if you keep butting in?

你一直插嘴，我还怎么解释？《牛津词典》

8·Let me explain why.

让我来解释为什么。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·Well, you know, it's difficult to explain.

唉，你知道，这很难解释。《牛津词典》

10·She saw his frown and hastened to explain.

看到他皱起眉头，她赶紧解释。《牛津词典》

解释

1·He rang off before I could explain.

我还没来得及解释他就挂了。《牛津词典》

2·How can I explain if you keep butting in?

你一直插嘴，我还怎么解释？《牛津词典》

3·She saw his frown and hastened to explain.

看到他皱起眉头，她赶紧解释。《牛津词典》

4·Well, you know, it's difficult to explain.

唉，你知道，这很难解释。《牛津词典》

5·Did you get that joke, Ann? I'll explain later.

安，你听懂了那个笑话吗？我以后会解释的。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

说明

1·Unfortunately, this explanation fails to explain the hidden locations, unless the migrations were celebrated with secret ceremonies.

遗憾的是，这种解释未能说明这些位置为何如此隐蔽，除非迁徙是通过某些秘密的仪式来庆祝的。

2·Managers should therefore adopt an approach that appears counterintuitive—they should explain what stands to be lost if the company fails to seize a particular opportunity.

因此，管理人员应该采取一种似乎有违直觉的方法——他们应说明如果公司未能抓住特定的机会，可能遭受怎样的损失。

3·Please explain the use of the pelican hook.

请说明鹈鹕钩的用法。

4·That does not explain what they were for.

那不能说明它们能做什么。

5·It does this by providing scenarios that help explain what to look for in order to find potential defects from that particular perspective.

它是通过提供特殊的场景来完成的，这个场景可以帮助说明从特定的角度寻找什么来发现潜在的缺陷。

讲解

1·She began to explain her plan of action to the group.

她开始向小组讲解她的行动计划。《牛津词典》

2·Next, we will explain the modifications required to our files based on the needs of our implementation.

接下来，我们将会根据实现的需要讲解我们的文件需要的改动。

3·Don't worry — we'll explain how each of these works as we go along.

不要担心——我们会在进行的过程中讲解它们中的每一个是如何工作的。

4·In this article, we explain these steps for a simple program.

在本文中，我们讲解的这些步骤都针对一个简单的程序。

5·Of course, the final test of your knowledge is if you can explain it to others.

当然，对您的知识的最终测试是您能否向其他人讲解清楚。

解释下

1·I called an economist at the BIS and said, can you please explain it to me?

在国际清算银行，我问一个经济学家，你能不能给我解释下？

2·Can you explain how competence and collaboration are actually opposites in the model?

你能解释下为什么胜任文化和协作文化在模型中是对立关系吗？

3·Watch Mechai give a restaurant tour and explain his mission in the below clip.

看看Mechai，来个餐馆之旅，解释下他的使命。

4·Can you explain why it has changed?

你能解释下为什么会翻盘？

5·To avoid confusion, let me explain that this perspective is as viewed from someone in the northern hemisphere looking toward the Sun during the day.

为了避免混乱，让我解释下吧，该视角是北半球的某人在白天时朝太阳看而言的。

交代

1·She was in tears as she explained that it was a new car, only a few days from the showroom. How was she ever going to explain the damaged car to her husband?

她哭着说这是她几天前刚从汽车展室买回的新车，现在撞坏了，如何向丈夫交代呢？

2·Introduction explain the significance of the topics to study the status quo, the basic areas of study and research methods and reference materials on the main.

引言交代了选题的意义、研究现状、基本研究范畴和研究方法及主要参考资料介绍。

3·According to Lim and others explain, because every day in order to meet the needs of drug money, but it is not the source, so think of the crime of robbery.

据任某等人交代，因为每天都要毒资以便满足需求，自己又没有来源，因此想到了抢劫作案。

4·Introduction describes the problem originated, reviewed domestic and international mobilization theory, and explain the theoretical framework and research methods.

引言部分介绍了问题缘起，评述了相关学者的观点，并交代了理论分析框架和研究方法。

5·In this paper, the first part (Introduction and Chapter 1) explain the basic theoretical background and realities.

本文第一部分(绪论和第一章)交代了基本的理论背景和现实情况。

讲明

1·We can't explain to our children what is going on, she says.

她讲道，“我们无法给我们的孩子讲明这所发生的一切”。

2·The doctor, not wishing to make her nervous, didn't fully explain the seriousness of her condition.

医生为了不使她紧张，没有完全向她讲明病情的严重性。

3·If you plan to spend a lot of your family's money for your education then explain how it would be possible for you to earn back that money in China.

假使将破费许多的家庭放款去求学，那么须要讲明未来如何在中国挣回这么多的钱。

解答

1·If so, that might help explain one apparent paradox related to reports that Americans are consuming more daily calories than they used to.

如果事实果真如此的话，我们或许就有办法解答另一个显而易见的矛盾现象了，它与美国人的日常卡洛里摄入量比过去更大有关。

2·One recent study even suggests that these mechanisms may help explain why memory declines with age.

一项近期的研究甚至提示这些机理可以帮助解答记忆随着衰老减退的原因。

3·When I meet some difficult exercise, she will explain for me with much patience.

我遇到难题时，妈妈总是耐心为我解答。

4·The introduction of the notion of lexical entry provides a way to explain the question.

词项的引入为解答这一问题提供了一个途径。

释

1·In ancient Egypt, people who could explain dreams were believed to be special.

在古埃及，会释梦的人被认为是非常特别的。

做解释

1·Still, I'm careful when I explain myself.

尽管如此，我在做解释时还是很小心。

2·Now I'd like to explain these a bit.

现在我将对这些稍做解释。

3·No, no, she rushed to explain, sensing that I hadn't followed her point.

“没关系，没关系。”感觉我没有理解她的意思，她急着要做解释。

(1)explain oneself为自己辩解；说明自己意图

(1)explain away通过解释消除

(1)explain clearly阐明，清晰的解释