phrasal verbphr vEXPLAINto succeed in making someone understand something, especially when this is difficult 〔尤指费力地〕使〔某人〕明白
I couldn’t seem to get through to her.
我好像没有办法让她明白。
How can I get it through to him that this is really important?
我怎样才能使他明白这事的确很重要呢?
Examples from the Corpus
get through to • It seems Connell got messages through to her somehow.• Anna Well, get a message through to him too.• Can anyone get that through to Lima?• You got right through to me in a way nobody has ever done before.• Father Lefebvre got handed through to the front at the same time.• He was also able to get word through to the Minister of War of what was taking place.