Explaining
“Explaining” 是 explain 的 -ing 形式,表示 把某事讲清楚、说明原因或用法。结构 explaining why/how/that 在课堂与客服场景中极高频。
- “The teacher spent ten minutes explaining the formula.” (老师花了十分钟讲解公式。)
- “He kept explaining the same point until everyone nodded.” (他反复说明同一点直到大家都点头。)
- “She is good at explaining complex ideas in simple language.” (她擅长用简单语言解释复杂概念。)
ex-(出)+ plain(平)来自拉丁语 explanare(摊平、阐明),与 plain(清楚的)意象相关。
explain + -ing;名词 explanation。
客服 explaining the policy、科学传播 explaining the evidence 是核心技能表述。
- 固定搭配: “explaining why” (解释原因), “explaining away” (搪塞掩饰), “self-explaining” (不言自明)
ex-(出来)+ plain(清楚)→ 把道理 讲明白 = explaining。
“Instead of explaining away the mistake, she spent the meeting explaining how the team would fix it.” (她没有搪塞错误,而是花会议时间说明团队将如何修复。)