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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

解释 [jiěshì]
  1. 1. verb explain

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

解释 [jiěshì]
  1. 1. account; explain; expound; interpret; illuminate
    这些事实不能有别的解释
    The facts admit of no other explanation.
    解释法律
    interpret laws
    解释一个新词
    explain a new word
  2. 2. construction; explanation; interpretation

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

解释 [jiěshì]
  1. 1. 分析阐明;讲解说明
    这个问题我解释不清
    解释原因。
  2. 2. 说明理由;分辩
    事情已经查清楚,你不用解释了。

Examples

经他解释之后,我才明白是怎么回事。
I didn't understand what was going on until he explained it to me.
反复解释
explain over and over again
赶紧解释
hasten to explain
他知道越解释越糟,马上拨转话头谈别的了。
Knowing that any explanation would only make matters worse, he hastened to change the subject.
解释法律
interpret laws
惟一可能的解释
the only possible explanation
听了同志们这番解释,老张心里明亮了。
The comrades' explanation helped Lao Zhang to straighten out his thinking.
经他一解释,老太太的气也就平了。
His explanation soothed the old woman's anger.

Collocations

科学的解释
a scientific explanation
名词解释
an explanation of a term
解释原因
to explain one's reasoning
忙于解释
to be busy explaining something
解释清楚
to give a clear explanation
解释一下
to make an explanation

Word Decomposition


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