Word · Frequency #15382
elucidate
阐明；说明；解释清楚
核心释义
make clear; explain
- 1.
To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
阐明；说明
用法In use
The teacher asked him to elucidate his answer.
用法提示：elucidate 作及物动词，接宾语 his answer，表示“阐明、解释清楚”。
Could you elucidate the main points of the report?
用法提示：elucidate 用作及物动词，后接宾语 the main points，表示把某事解释清楚。
The article elucidates how the new system works.
用法提示：elucidates 是第三人称单数形式，作及物动词，后接宾语从句，表示“阐明、说明”。
elucidate sth
elucidate 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要加 on 或 about。
The article elucidates the main principles of the theory.
这篇文章阐明了该理论的主要原则。
elucidate + wh-clause
后接疑问词引导的从句时，表示“把……解释清楚”。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- elucidate the mechanism
- 阐明机制
- The study aims to elucidate the mechanism of drug resistance.该研究旨在阐明耐药机制。
- elucidate the role
- 阐明作用
- This experiment helps elucidate the role of calcium in muscle contraction.这项实验有助于阐明钙在肌肉收缩中的作用。
- elucidate the nature
- 阐明本质
- Further research is needed to elucidate the nature of the virus.需要进一步研究来阐明这种病毒的本质。
- elucidate the meaning
- 阐明含义
- The teacher's explanation elucidated the meaning of the poem.老师的讲解阐明了这首诗的含义。
- elucidate the process
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
看到词中间的 -lucid-（lucid=清楚明白），elucidate 就是‘讲清楚、阐明’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：学术论文、正式演讲、专业报告 该词多用于书面或正式场合，表示把复杂难懂的内容解释清楚；比较常见于学术或专业讨论，日常口语中通常用 explain 代替。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with elucidate (i'lu:sideit). Genuine final-syllable sound match: date (/deɪt/) and candidate (/ˈkændɪdeɪt/) share the unstressed final /deɪt/ with elucidate's last syllable, but not its rhyme, which starts at the stressed /luː/. Lookalikes that sound different: lucid (/ˈluːsɪd/) and pellucid (/pəˈluːsɪd/) contain the 'lucid'/'ucid' spelling; elucidation (/ɪˌluːsɪˈdeɪʃən/) shares the root but ends in /-ʃən/; educate (/ˈɛdʒʊkeɪt/) ends in -ate but with /keɪt/.
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