1. 1闡釋(書面;比「說明」更細)

    An explication is a slow, careful explaining of an idea. You do not stop at one neat sentence. You open the thing out, piece by piece, and show how the parts work together — a poem, a rule, a hard thought. Teachers and writers use this word when they walk through a text or an argument in that close way. It feels formal. At the shops people just say explanation; though actually those two are neighbours, not twins, and explication is the one that takes its time.

組成Borrowed from Middle French explication and Latin explicātiō, explicātiōnem. By the look of the English word: explicate + -ion (the noun ending).

同家族的字

  • explicatethe verb this noun is built from: to unfold an idea
  • explicitsame Latin root: something unfolded so it is clear

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

explicationnoun

  • 1

    The act of opening or unfolding.

  • 2

    datedformalThe act of explaining; an explanation.

    • Her anthemic "Who Stands For Life" is a powerful explication of what it means to be "pro-life".
  • 3

    The sense given by an expositor.

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