explain用作及物动词时,其宾语可以是名词、代词、带疑问词的动词不定式或that从句,还可以是反身代词,用于说明自己的意思、动机或行为。不及物动词时,表示“解释”这一行为,如“When you are wrong, don't explain.”表示错了,你不用解释。
1、Her aggressiveness made it difficult for him to explain his own feelings.
她咄咄逼人的态度让他难以解释自己的感情。
2、Hospital discipline was broken. Amy would have to explain herself.
破坏了医院的纪律,埃米将不得不为自己辩解。
3、Doctors cannot be bothered to explain what they do.
医生们才懒得解释他们所做的事情。
4、Our traveller'sbehaviour on the journey is hard to explain.
我们的旅客一路上的行为让人很难解释。
5、Oh, I can't explain it. It's just unreal. Everybody is so happy.
啊,我都没法形容。就是太棒了,每个人都很高兴。
1、用作及物动词时,其宾语可以是名词、代词、带疑问词的动词不定式或that从句,还可以是反身代词,用于说明自己的意思、动机或行为。
2、用作不及物动词时,表示“解释”这一行为,如“When you are wrong, don't explain.”(错了,你不用解释)。
3、短语“explain away”表示通过解释消除某物。
4、短语“explain to”用于向某人解释某事物,如“Please explain the meaning of the poem to me.”(请说明这首诗的意思给我听)。
此外,explain的常用短语还包括“explain sth. to sb.”和“explain (to sb.) + 疑问词 + 从句”,分别用于向某人解释某事和解释某个问题。