explains

英 [ɪkˈspleɪnz]

美 [ɪkˈspleɪnz]

v.  解释; 说明; 阐明; 说明(…的)原因; 解释(…的)理由
explain的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 解释;说明
  If youexplainsomething, you give details about it or describe it so that it can be understood.
  1. Not every judge, however, has the ability to explain the law in simple terms...
     然而，不是每个法官都能用简单的语言来解释法律。
  2. Don't sign anything until your solicitor has explained the contract to you...
     在律师向你解释清楚合同之前，不要签署任何东西。
  3. Professor Griffiths explained how the drug appears to work...
     格里菲思教授解释了那种药物的工作原理。
  4. 'He and Mrs Stein have a plan,' she explained...
     “他和斯坦夫人有个计划，”她解释说。
  5. I explained that each person has different ideas of what freedom is.
     我解释说，每个人对于自由是什么都有不同的观点。
• VERB 解释;辩解;说明…的理由
  If youexplainsomething that has happened, you give people reasons for it, especially in an attempt to justify it.
  1. 'Let me explain, sir.' — 'Don't tell me about it. I don't want to know.'...
     “您听我解释，先生。”——“别跟我说，我不想知道。”
  2. Before she ran away, she left a note explaining her actions...
     逃跑前，她留下一张便条解释原委。
  3. 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。
  4. Explain why you didn't telephone...
     说说你为什么没有打电话。
  5. The receptionist apologized for the delay, explaining that it had been a hectic day.
     接待员为拖延而道歉，解释说这天太忙了。

双语例句

• This, perhaps, explains the dozen or so points that Krugman makes over and over.
  这也许有助于解释克鲁格曼反复宣扬的那差不多一打经济观点。
• This section explains the steps involved to set up this environment.
  本节介绍了建立该环境所需要的步骤。
• This section explains the development and server environments used to develop and deploy the procurement process.
  本节解释了用来开发和部署采购流程的开发和服务器环境。
• Lesley explains possible treatments but you can tell she's not taking it in
  莱斯利解释了各种可行的疗法，不过，你可以看出来，她并没有领会。
• The preface explains how to use the dictionary.
  前言说明如何使用这本词典。
• He explains that there was an explosion of courses through the 1960s
  他解释说20世纪60年代课程迅速增多。
• The search and compare example in the next section explains more.
  下一部分的搜索和比较示例给出了更为具体的说明。
• Pure science observes and explains.
  纯粹科学进行观察和解释。
• This creates a "catch-22"; the second approach explains how to resolve it.
  这产生了“catch-22”的现象；第二个方法解释了如何解决这个问题。
• The leaflet explains how to complain to the banking ombudsman.
  这份传单介绍了如何向银行意见调查官投诉。