Expound
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.解释;阐述
- ［英］ v.解释 ( to explain or interpret) ; 阐述 ( state in detail)
- ［记］ ex+pound ( =pon放) -> 把 ( 道理) 放出来 -> 解释
- ［例］ The priest expounded his religion to us.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb
- Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French espundre, expondre, from Latin exponere to explain — more at expose
- Date: 14th century
- transitive verb
- 1.
- a. to set forth ; state
- b. to defend with argument
- 2. to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail <expound a law>
- 1.
- intransitive verb
- to make a statement ; comment
- Synonyms: see explain
- ? expounder noun
