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单词 explanatory
释义

explanatory

/ɪkˈsplanəˌt(ə)ri / /ɛkˈsplanəˌt(ə)ri/
adjective
Serving to explain something: explanatory notes...
  • 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 map and explanatory notes attached to the entry form were very well done.
  • The explanatory note also goes on to describe how a new statutory strict liability regime will be put in place.

Synonyms

explaining, descriptive, describing, illustrative, illuminative, elucidative, elucidatory, explicative, evaluative, interpretive, expository, revelatory, by way of explanation;
prefatory
rare exegetic, hermeneutic

Derivatives

explanatorily

adverb ...
  • 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 philosophical distinction between truths of meaning and truths of fact does not reflect a genuine, explanatorily significant distinction.
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