explain
If he were here I can explain to him myself.
要是他在这里，我就可以亲自向他解释了。
How do you explain this strange turn of events?
事情出现这种异常变化，你作何解释？
I didn't quite follow; could you explain it again?
我不太明白，你能再解释一下吗？
Read the text first and then explain the new words.
先读课文，然后解释生词。
He tried to explain away the missing money.
他试图为丢失钱而进行辩解。
He didn't relish the prospect of having to explain his behavior.
他不喜欢对他自己的所作所为作出解释。
He go to great pain to explain the problem to us.
他费了很大劲向我们解释那个问题。
I'll explain, and you'll soon get hold of the idea.
我做些解释，你很快就会明白我的意思了。
Can you explain the meaning of these foreign words?
你能解释这些外文词的意思吗？
Please explain to me where to begin and how to do it.
请向我说明从哪里开始以及怎样做。
Soon he have an opportunity of explain that to her.
不久他便有了向她解释那件事的机会。
They begged him to explain, but he remained dumb.
他们请求他解释，但他保持沉默不语。
No one can explain the artlessness show in his translation.
谁也无法解释他的译文显示出的笨拙。
Let me explain why I was late.
让我解释迟到的理由。
Explain yourself! Why did you insult him?
说说道理！为什么要侮辱他。
He rang off before I could explain.
我还没来得及解释，他就把电话挂上了。
Comrade Yu will explain the matter to you.
余同志会给你们说明这件事的。
Please give me a chance to explain.
请给我个机会让我解释一下。
I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his curiosity.
我只好解释原因来满足他的好奇心。
I'll certainly explain it to him, if I can lay hold on him.
如果我碰上他，一定向他解释那件事。
The dress pattern doesn't really explain how the cuff joins onto the sleeve.
这个裙样没有真正地示明袖口是怎样与袖子连接在一起的。
The doctor couldn't explain the persistence of the high temperature.
医生无法解释高烧何以持久不退。
The doctor couldn't explain the persistence of the fever.
医生无法解释高烧何以持久不退。
I felt that I should explain to them that life here is not a bed of roses.
我觉得我应该向他们解释清楚：这里的生活不是甜甜蜜蜜的。
I made up a story to explain why I had not been at work and he fell for it.
我编造理由说为什么没在工作，他信以为真了。
Whenever the chairman tried to explain at the meeting he was hooted off.
每次主席要在会上做解释时总是被人哄了下来。
Don't explain it to him; it's only playing the lute to a cow.
别向他解释，那只是对牛弹琴。
Could you explain to me the significance of this part of the contract?
你能给我解释一下合同这一部分的含义吗？
He was hard put (to it) to explain her disappearance.
他难以说明她为什麽不见了。
Please explain the arbitration clause in detail, will you?
请您把仲裁条款详细地解释一下好吗？
People have propose all sort of hypotheses to explain why dinosaur have become extinct.
人们提出种种假设，试图说明恐龙为什么会灭绝。
The more Brian tried to explain why he was late the more he tied himself in knots.
布赖恩越想解释他为什么迟到，结果越使人对他不理解。
Don't use all that technical lingo try and explain in plain English.
别尽用那种专门术语,用普通的词语解释吧。
I don't understand your argument. Could you explain yourself a bit more?
我不明白你的论点，你能把意思再说清楚些吗？
Mr. Green had to appear before the committee to explain his behavior .
格林先生必须在委员会上出面解释他的行为。
The boy was late for his class, his teacher asked him to explain himself.
这个男孩上课迟到了，老师要求他说明原因。
In recent weeks you've been late every day. Please explain yourself.
近几个星期以来你每天都迟到. 请你说说原因。
When asked to explain her behavior, she gave a very defensive answer.
当问她为什么要这样做时，她极力为自己辩护。
You will find it difficult to explain away your use of such offensive language.
你使用这样无礼的语言是很难说得过去的。
It's worthwhile taking the trouble to explain a job fully to new employees.
给新雇员详细解释一下工作要求，费点事也是值得的。
The man could not explain away the gun and the marked money from the bank robbery that the police found in his ear.
这个人未能解释清楚警察在他车上发现的枪以及从银行抢劫来的带有记号的钱。
I never plan on your forgiving me, but you should have let me explain it to you.
我决不指望你原谅我，但你应该听我向你解释。
In order to properly explain these signs of nature, he felt that he must do still more research.
为了适当地解释这些自然特征，他觉得必须做更多的研究。
If you will indulge me for one moment (ie allow me to continue to speak), I think I can explain the matter to you.
你要是容我把话说完，我想我可以把此事给你解释清楚。
The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands; we should only spoil it by trying to explain it.
就这样子，那争吵是一次漂亮的争吵; 若要为它解释一番，就只会糟踢它罢了。
He had a lot to explain, and no time for more than a short meeting. Thus a lengthy briefing had to be telescoped into half an hour.
他有许多要说明的，但又没时间开长会，所以只好把一份长汇报削短成半小时的简介。
For reasons he could not explain he was made to feel different, set apart, from the other boys.
由于某些他无法解释的原因，使他感觉与他的孩子不同。
If you will lend me your ear for a minute, I will explain how the burglar alarm works.
如果你愿意听一会儿，我就讲讲防盗警报器是怎样工作的。
I had to explain the problem to her several times before the penny finally dropped.
那问题我给她解释了好几次，最後她才明白。
But none of the routine reasons offered for urban crime has been able to explain a seemingly senseless incident that again has put crime in New York City in the national spotlight.
说明城市何以犯罪频仍的老生常谈都不能解释这一似无理性的事件。这次事件再度使纽约市犯罪引得全国注目。