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单词 explanatory
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Definition of explanatory in English:

explanatory

adjective ɪkˈsplanəˌt(ə)riɛkˈsplanəˌt(ə)riɪkˈsplænəˌtɔri
  • Serving to explain something.

    explanatory notes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The explanatory note also goes on to describe how a new statutory strict liability regime will be put in place.
    • There is a statement I want to read from the explanatory note of the bill.
    • It was also disturbing to read in the explanatory note that more than half of all liable persons are in arrears.
    • My own explanatory notes or elaborations for purposes of clarity are inserted in square parentheses.
    • The explanatory note does go on to say that there will be higher costs.
    • The explanatory note also seems to say to me that this country is changing somewhat out of control.
    • The second major point I want to bring to members' attention is in the explanatory note.
    • If one looks at the explanatory note of the bill, one sees a very clear omission.
    • What are the areas that we expect, at least in the explanatory note of the bill, to be acknowledged?
    • There is a brief explanation in the explanatory note of the bill as to what all this is about.
    • She does supply an explanatory note at the end, but, by the time you get to it, you realise you had somehow absorbed all this anyway.
    • The evaluation of various explanatory factors continues to generate much historiographical debate.
    • The mandatory bail provision, as he says in his own explanatory note, is being taken out.
    • The bill's explanatory note gives a number of examples, and I agree with most of them.
    • The guide comprises two maps, one on each side of the page, surrounded by explanatory notes.
    • The map and explanatory notes attached to the entry form were very well done.
    • Often there are explanatory notes with the readings, and there are also questions to draw out lessons from each passage.
    • In this book we are committed to a system level of analysis for both descriptive and explanatory purposes.
    • The book is on descriptive and explanatory method, avoiding philosophical rhythm.
    • The main reforms of the bill are dealt with in the explanatory note, and I am not going to deal with them in any detail.
    Synonyms
    explaining, descriptive, describing, illustrative, illuminative, elucidative, elucidatory, explicative, evaluative, interpretive, expository, revelatory, by way of explanation
    prefatory
    rare exegetic, hermeneutic

Derivatives

  • explanatorily

  • adverb
    • The philosophical distinction between truths of meaning and truths of fact does not reflect a genuine, explanatorily significant distinction.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Without it, even a priori deducibility might seem explanatorily less than sufficient, though the need for such a story remains a matter of controversy.
      • ‘Not relevant’ means, for Skinner, explanatorily circular or regressive.
      • The closure principle is both plausible and explanatorily valuable.
      • This leads naturally enough to the conclusion that it is simply confused or explanatorily superfluous.
 
 

Definition of explanatory in US English:

explanatory

adjectiveikˈsplanəˌtôrēɪkˈsplænəˌtɔri
  • Serving to explain something.

    explanatory notes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The book is on descriptive and explanatory method, avoiding philosophical rhythm.
    • The explanatory note does go on to say that there will be higher costs.
    • There is a brief explanation in the explanatory note of the bill as to what all this is about.
    • Often there are explanatory notes with the readings, and there are also questions to draw out lessons from each passage.
    • The bill's explanatory note gives a number of examples, and I agree with most of them.
    • The explanatory note also goes on to describe how a new statutory strict liability regime will be put in place.
    • The mandatory bail provision, as he says in his own explanatory note, is being taken out.
    • If one looks at the explanatory note of the bill, one sees a very clear omission.
    • What are the areas that we expect, at least in the explanatory note of the bill, to be acknowledged?
    • She does supply an explanatory note at the end, but, by the time you get to it, you realise you had somehow absorbed all this anyway.
    • The evaluation of various explanatory factors continues to generate much historiographical debate.
    • The explanatory note also seems to say to me that this country is changing somewhat out of control.
    • The map and explanatory notes attached to the entry form were very well done.
    • The main reforms of the bill are dealt with in the explanatory note, and I am not going to deal with them in any detail.
    • In this book we are committed to a system level of analysis for both descriptive and explanatory purposes.
    • The second major point I want to bring to members' attention is in the explanatory note.
    • There is a statement I want to read from the explanatory note of the bill.
    • It was also disturbing to read in the explanatory note that more than half of all liable persons are in arrears.
    • The guide comprises two maps, one on each side of the page, surrounded by explanatory notes.
    • My own explanatory notes or elaborations for purposes of clarity are inserted in square parentheses.
    Synonyms
    explaining, descriptive, describing, illustrative, illuminative, elucidative, elucidatory, explicative, evaluative, interpretive, expository, revelatory, by way of explanation
 
 
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