explain的用法总结大全思维导图

S+～(+A)

When you are wrong, don't explain.

错了,你不用解释。

I don't understand this, please explain.

我不明白这点,请解释一下。

Jenny tried to explain.

詹妮想设法解释一下。

You needn't explain any more.

你不必再解释了。

S+～+n./pron.

That explains his absence.

他缺席就是这个原因。

They sent us a letter to explain the delay.

他们给我们一封信解释为什么耽搁了。

Please explain the meaning of the poem.

请说明这首诗的意思。

I will try to explain the situation as I see it.

我将试着根据我自己的看法讲一讲形势。

S+～+wh-to-v

He explained how to use this instrument.

他解释如何使用这台仪器。

Can you explain why to do it like that?你能解释为什么那样做吗?

They didn't explain where to get it.

他们没有说明在什么地方弄到它的。

S+～+that-clause

They began to explain that they had been delayed by the weather.

他们开始解释说,天气使他们耽搁了。

I explained that we could stay no longer.

我说过我们不能再停留了。

I explained that we were perfectly safe.

我向他说过我们非常安全。

The man operating this pump explained that it could supply enough water to irrigate 5000 mu of land.

开水泵的人说,这个水泵抽上来的水足够灌溉五千亩地。

S+～+wh-clause

The enclosed letter will explain what has happened.

附来的信将说明发生的情况。

The worker explained how the machine worked.

那位工人讲解这台机器如何运用。

He explained how the machine was used.

他给我们讲解这机器怎么使用。

She tried to explain why she had stayed out so late.

她设法解释她为什么在外面呆这么晚的原因。

引出直接引语

“I came by subway,” she explained.

“我是坐地铁来的,”她解释说。

她咄咄逼人的态度让他难以解释自己的感情。

破坏了医院的纪律，埃米将不得不为自己辩解。

医生们才懒得解释他们所做的事情。

我们的旅客一路上的行为让人很难解释。

啊，我都没法形容。就是太棒了，每个人都很高兴。

你要对我有点儿耐心，弗兰克，让我跟你解释。