clarify

英 [ˈklærəfaɪ]

美 [ˈklærəfaɪ]

v. 使更清晰易懂; 阐明; 澄清; (尤指通过加热使黄油)纯净，净化

过去分词：clarified　现在分词：clarifying　第三人称单数：clarifies　过去式：clarified　

Collins.2 / BNC.4552 / COCA.5050

牛津词典

verb

使更清晰易懂；阐明；澄清
to make sth clearer or easier to understand
1. to clarify a situation/problem/issue
  澄清情况 / 问题
2. I hope this clarifies my position .
  我希望这能阐明我的立场。
3. She asked him to clarify what he meant.
  她要他说清楚他是什么意思。
（尤指通过加热使黄油）纯净，净化
to make sth, especially butter, pure by heating it
1. clarified butter
  已净化的黄油

verb

make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
1. clarify the butter
2. clarify beer
make clear and (more) comprehensible
1. clarify the mystery surrounding her death
Synonym:clear upelucidate

This sounds much more complex than it is, so I'll show an example to clarify this concept.
这听起来要复杂多了，因此我要通过一个示例来阐明该概念。
Thank you for writing and allowing me to clarify the present position
谢谢你的来信，并允许我阐明目前的立场。
I want to clarify a point I had made.
我希望就我之前所说的那点做一下澄清。
It is used to clarify, confirm, and document the environment in which the system operates.
系统上下文用于对系统所在的操作环境进行澄清、确认和编写文档说明。
And just to clarify, I do not mean the entire navigation pane.
和我只想澄清，我并不意味着整个导航窗格。
On that occasion I had asked a question of the judge that had helped clarify things.
我问了法官一个问题，帮助澄清了事情。
However, further studies are needed to clarify this.
不过，还需作进一步研究来澄清这一点。
We need to clarify and demystify how health systems link usefully to health intervention programmes.
我们需要澄清和阐明卫生系统如何有益地与卫生干预规划相联系。
However, the new figures clarify and qualify the productivity story in important ways.
然而，新数字从重要方面对生产率故事进行了澄清和限定。
A bank spokesman was unable to clarify the situation.
一位银行发言人未能把情况解释清楚。