记忆方法
1. clear => clar- "clear" + -ify.
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词族 · clarify
中文词源
clarify 澄清
来自clar-,清晰的，词源同clear.
英语词源
- clarify (v.)
- early 14c., "make illustrious, make known," from Old French clarifiier "clarify, make clear, explain" (12c.), from Late Latin clarificare "to make clear," also "to glorify," from Latin clarificus "brilliant," from clarus "clear, distinct" (see clear (adj.)) + root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
Meaning "make clear, purify" is from early 15c. in English; intransitive sense of "grow or become clear" is from 1590s. Figurative sense of "to free from obscurity" is from 1823. Related: Clarified; clarifying.
权威例句
- 1. The aim of this initial meeting is to clarify the issues.
- 本次初步会议的目标是澄清这些问题。
- 2. The Foreign Secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.
- 外交大臣的话对本周较早时候发表的一份模棱两可的声明作出了澄清。
- 3. I am happy to clarify any points that are still unclear.
- 我愿意说明任何仍然不清楚的地方.
- 4. The CEQ has attempted to clarify both the timing and scope issues.
- 环境质量委员会曾试图理清时机和范围问题.
- 5. A bank spokesman was unable to clarify the situation.
- 一位银行发言人未能把情况解释清楚。
词语辨析
【clarify, interpret, account, explain, illustrate】
这组词都有“说明”的意思，其区别是：
clarify: 指把已发生的事件。情况和现状说清楚。
interpret: 着重以特殊的知识、经验来解释难理解的事情。
account: 说明某事物如何符合自然法则或逻辑。
explain: 含义广，最普通用词，指把某事向原来不了解、不清楚的人解释明白、说清楚等。
illustrate: 多指用实例或插图、图表加以说明。
这组词都有“说明”的意思，其区别是：
clarify: 指把已发生的事件。情况和现状说清楚。
interpret: 着重以特殊的知识、经验来解释难理解的事情。
account: 说明某事物如何符合自然法则或逻辑。
explain: 含义广，最普通用词，指把某事向原来不了解、不清楚的人解释明白、说清楚等。
illustrate: 多指用实例或插图、图表加以说明。