| 词汇 | explain yourself |
| 释义 | explain yourselfexplain yourself a) REASONto tell someone who is angry or upset with you the reasons why you did something 解释自己的行为 I’m going to give you five seconds to explain yourself. 我给你五秒钟时间解释自己的行为。 b) EXPLAINto say clearly what you mean 把自己的意思说清楚 Sorry, I’m not explaining myself very well. 对不起，我没把自己的意思说得很清楚。 Examples from the Corpus explain yourself• Censure gives Mr Wahid three months to explain himself.• I knew I could explain myself.• I regard this as part of my life, a duty to explain myself.• When, eventually, he was admitted to the presence of the Chairman he would have perhaps fifteen minutes to explain himself.• I had explained myself, as I always did, but I could scarcely explain myself away.• Yet now, commanded to appear before elected officials, he had to explain himself, give an accounting of his views.• He waited for Ballater to explain himself or to state the reason for his visit.• John doesn't make excuses or explain himself to anybody.• She tried to speak, to call for help, to explain herself, to scream, but no words would come.• No, that's not what I meant. I guess I didn't explain myself very well. → explain yourself at explain(1) |
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