单词 | self-explained |
释义 | self-explainedadj. Able to be understood without explanation; explained by itself. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] > self-explanatory self-explained1726 self-explanatory1737 self-explaining1821 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 650 The vision self-explain'd. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 209/2 The excellence of the German language is its independence; its compound words being like the Greek, self-explained. 1860 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 17 May If they had been guilty of that crime, of course..their preparation is natural and self-explained. 1939 Mod. Lang Notes 54 434 This article was written by William Kenrick, and its scurrility is thus partly self-explained, for he was undoubtedly as rancorous a knave as it was possible to meet. 2007 Surface Fabrication 23 36 Properly maintained automated equipment is the self-explained key to his success in the industry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1726 |
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