| 单词 | clarify |
| 释义 | clarify (once / 1661 pages) v Clarify means to clear up confusion and make it all understandable. In a heart-breaking text, she clarified that she never ever wanted to see him again. It's also means to remove impurities in a liquid; you clarify butter by gently heating it. Clarify and clear are related, of course, and clear means you can see right through it. If you clarify your intention or your meaning, others will understand it clearly. If you aren't clear at the outset, you might find the need to clarify what you want later. WORD FAMILYclarify: clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying+/clarification: clarifications USAGE EXAMPLESWriting down your meals, snacks and daily stressors helps clarify your true habits, and set healthy, reachable goals. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Bentonite helps with everything from clarifying wine to keeping landfills from leaking. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Once that was clarified, Nelson said, the professional response was “overwhelmingly positive”. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1v make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating clarify the butter clarify beer Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v make clear and (more) comprehensible clarify the mystery surrounding her death Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper clear up, elucidate obfuscate make obscure or unclear demystify make less mysterious or remove the mystery from clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten outmake free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrateadd details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing disambiguatestate unambiguously or remove ambiguities from detailprovide details for exposit, expound, set forthstate exemplify, illustrate, instanceclarify by giving an example of particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specifybe specific about explain, explicate make plain and comprehensible |
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