Word · Frequency #8909
clarification
澄清；阐明；说明
核心释义
a statement or explanation that makes something clearer or removes confusion
- 1.
澄清；通过去除可见杂质使液体透明清晰的过程,尤指分离不溶性颗粒。
The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
- 2.
消除理解障碍的解释
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
- 3.
消除晦涩；阐明；消歧。
The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation.
- 4.
从液体中去除固体颗粒的行为
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
- 5.
对晦涩之处的解释性评论或疑问。
An explanatory comment on, or question about, a point of obscurity.
- 6.
对已出版文本的补充性说明,旨在消除歧义、解释晦涩,但不与原文矛盾或修改原文。
A small piece of writing supplemental to a previously published text, intended to disambiguate, explain away obscurities, but not contradict or emend the text (as would a correction).
- 7.
清晰,透明,相互理解；明确。
Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear.
解释；澄清说明；补充说明；净化；澄清（液体）；清晰；明确；澄清；通过去除可见杂质使液体透明清晰的过程,尤指分离不溶性颗粒。；消除理解障碍的解释
用法In use
Could you provide some clarification on your last point?
用法提示：clarification作为名词，表示‘澄清、解释’的行为。
The report needs further clarification before we can approve it.
用法提示：clarification作为不可数名词，表示‘澄清’的过程。
The committee requested clarifications from the speaker.
用法提示：clarifications作为可数名词复数，表示‘多次澄清’或‘多个澄清点’。
the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook
seek clarification (on/about sth)
I need to seek clarification on the new policy.
我需要就新政策寻求澄清。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- ask for clarification
- 要求澄清
- If you don't understand, please ask for clarification.如果你不明白，请要求澄清。
- provide clarification
- 提供澄清
- The manager provided clarification on the new policy.经理对新政策提供了澄清。
- need clarification
- 需要澄清
- I need clarification on this point.我需要澄清这一点。
- seek clarification
- 寻求澄清
- She sought clarification from the committee.她向委员会寻求澄清。
- clarification on
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
clar-像clear，化-ification，澄清即把模糊变清晰。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal discussions、business correspondence、academic writing 通常用于正式场合，表示对问题或信息的澄清和解释。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the same stressed ending /-keɪʃən/ and thus rhyme with 'clarification'. Be careful not to confuse 'clarification' with 'classification' because they have different first syllables (clar- vs class-).
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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