elucidate
verb [transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they elucidate | |
he / she / it elucidates | |
past simple elucidated | |
past participle elucidated | |
-ing form elucidating |
to make something clearer by explaining it more fully synonym explain闡明;解釋;說明 - elucidate (something)
He elucidated a point of grammar. 他解釋了一個語法要點。 The aim of the report is to elucidate the main points of the new regulations. 報告的目的是闡明新規定的要點。 Let me elucidate. 讓我來說明一下吧。 - elucidate what, how, etc…
I will try to elucidate what I think the problems are. 我將盡力闡明我認爲的問題所在。
Extra ExamplesOccasionally I had to elucidate a point of law. 有時我不得不闡明一個法律問題。 She would not elucidate further. 她不願進一步說明。 The exact details of the process have not yet been elucidated. 這一過程的具體細節尚未闡明。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryElucidate is used with these nouns as the object:- nature
- role
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from late Latin elucidat- ‘made clear’, from the verb elucidare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + lucidus ‘lucid’.- elucidate (something)