elucidate

Word family

e·lu·ci·date /ɪˈluːsədeɪt/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

formalEXPLAIN to explain something that is difficult to understand by providing more information 阐明，解释 SYN clarify

The full picture has not yet been elucidated.

详细情况还没有解释清楚。

—elucidation /ɪˌluːsəˈdeɪʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

—elucidatory /ɪˈluːsədətəri $ -dətɔːri/ adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

elucidate• The cellular mechanism of action of ethanol, however, remains to be fully elucidated.• His statement confused more than it elucidated and satisfied almost no one.• The role of the courts in the constitution was further elucidated in the following cases.• The studies elucidate the history of alcohol problems in men.• Finally, we attempt to elucidate the infrastructure of current and projected associations that supports this picture, and consider its significance.• He formulated the notion to elucidate the particular problem of how scientific ideas become represented in popular consciousness.• Understanding the movement of neutrophils and the mechanisms through which they mediate tissue injury is fundamental to elucidating the pathogenesis of relapse.• This is the beginning of an explanatory mechanism which elucidates the relationship between social and aesthetic spheres.

Origin elucidate

(1500-1600) Late Latin elucidatus, past participle of elucidare “to make clear”

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TOEFL BNC: 15382 COCA: 16285

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