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clarify v.澄清 clarify (v.) early 14c., "make illustrious, make known," from Old French clarifiier "clarify, make clear, explain" (12c.), from Late Latin clarificare "to make clear," also "to glorify," from Latin clarificus "brilliant," from clarus "clear, distinct" (see clear (adj.)) + root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).Meaning "make clear, purify" is from early 15c. in English; intransitive sense of "grow or become clear" is from 1590s. Figurative sense of "to free from obscurity" is from 1823. Related: Clarified; clarifying. 【记】源自clear, clear + ify使

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['klærifai] 【英】 v. 澄清(cause sth to become clear to understand )【考】 enunciate : mumbling / clarify : confusing(反义: 清楚地说对含糊地说/ 澄清对混淆)misunderstood : clarify / erroneous : retract(澄清被误解的[语言] /撤消错误的[行为])anxious : reassurance / perplexed : clarification(安心消除焦虑/澄清 消除迷惑)【记】 clar(清楚,明白)+ify (...化) →清楚化【同】 派生词: clarification (n. 解释，澄清) v. 澄清(混乱或疑惑, 使清晰易懂); 净化(去除液体中杂质使澄清)【例】My mind suddenly clarified 我的脑子突然清醒过来了.【记】clar = clear(adj 清楚的, 明白的), ify使...－澄清【类】enunciate: mumbling = clarify: confusing清楚地说不会含糊地说 = 澄清不会混淆misunderstood: clarify = erroneous: retract被误解的要被澄清 = 错误的要被撤消【反】roil(v 激怒); obfuscate(v 使模糊)

单词	clarify
音标	['klærifai]
解释	v.澄清
红宝书	【英】 v. 澄清(cause sth to become clear to understand ) 【考】 enunciate : mumbling / clarify : confusing(反义: 清楚地说对含糊地说/ 澄清对混淆)misunderstood : clarify / erroneous : retract(澄清被误解的[语言] /撤消错误的[行为])anxious : reassurance / perplexed : clarification(安心消除焦虑/澄清消除迷惑) 【记】 clar(清楚,明白)+ify (...化) →清楚化【同】派生词: clarification (n. 解释，澄清)
字源	clarify (v.) early 14c., "make illustrious, make known," from Old French clarifiier "clarify, make clear, explain" (12c.), from Late Latin clarificare "to make clear," also "to glorify," from Latin clarificus "brilliant," from clarus "clear, distinct" (see clear (adj.)) + root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Meaning "make clear, purify" is from early 15c. in English; intransitive sense of "grow or become clear" is from 1590s. Figurative sense of "to free from obscurity" is from 1823. Related: Clarified; clarifying.
不择手段背单词	v. 澄清(混乱或疑惑, 使清晰易懂); 净化(去除液体中杂质使澄清) 【例】My mind suddenly clarified 我的脑子突然清醒过来了. 【记】clar = clear(adj 清楚的, 明白的), ify使...－澄清【类】enunciate: mumbling = clarify: confusing清楚地说不会含糊地说 = 澄清不会混淆misunderstood: clarify = erroneous: retract被误解的要被澄清 = 错误的要被撤消【反】roil(v 激怒); obfuscate(v 使模糊)
趣味全助记	【记】源自clear, clear + ify使

Clarify Clear Make V Mumbling Early Latin Sense