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Explaining

“Explaining” 是 explain-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。

  1. “The teacher spent ten minutes explaining the formula.” (老师花了十分钟讲解公式。)
  2. “He kept explaining the same point until everyone nodded.” (他反复说明同一点直到大家都点头。)
  3. “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。)