clarify

英 [ˈklærəfaɪ]

美 [ˈklærəfaɪ]

v.  使更清晰易懂; 阐明; 澄清; (尤指通过加热使黄油)纯净，净化

过去分词：clarified　现在分词：clarifying　第三人称单数：clarifies　过去式：clarified　

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牛津词典

verb

• 使更清晰易懂；阐明；澄清
  to make sth clearer or easier to understand
  1. to clarify a situation/problem/issue
     澄清情况 / 问题
  2. I hope this clarifies my position .
     我希望这能阐明我的立场。
  3. She asked him to clarify what he meant.
     她要他说清楚他是什么意思。
• （尤指通过加热使黄油）纯净，净化
  to make sth, especially butter, pure by heating it
  1. clarified butter
     已净化的黄油

柯林斯词典

• VERB 阐明;阐释;说明
  Toclarifysomething means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
  1. Thank you for writing and allowing me to clarify the present position...
     谢谢你的来信，并允许我阐明目前的立场。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
  1. clarify the butter
  2. clarify beer
• make clear and (more) comprehensible
  1. clarify the mystery surrounding her death
  Synonym:clear upelucidate

双语例句

• A few words will be enough to clarify things.
  只消几句话就可以说清楚。
• Could you clarify exactly what you said to our British colleagues?
  你能澄清你到底对我们的英国同仁说了些什么吗？
• I came to clarify the situation to you.
  我来是为了向你阐明形势。
• It is helpful for our country's lawmaking correctly to clarify the misunderstanding on the matter.
  澄清对这一问题的错误认识，将有助于我国在这方面的正确立法。
• 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。
• However, the new figures clarify and qualify the productivity story in important ways.
  然而，新数字从重要方面对生产率故事进行了澄清和限定。
• On that occasion I had asked a question of the judge that had helped clarify things.
  我问了法官一个问题，帮助澄清了事情。
• This sounds much more complex than it is, so I'll show an example to clarify this concept.
  这听起来要复杂多了，因此我要通过一个示例来阐明该概念。
• But further genetic analysis and study should help to clarify these early migrations.
  但是更多的遗传基因分析和研究应该会有助于理清这些早期的移民情况。
• These new profiles clarify some minor points, and more clearly define attachments.
  这些新概要阐明了一些小要点，更明确地定义了附件。