explicate

Definitions

ex- (out) + plic (fold) + -ate = "to unfold." To explicate a poem is to unfold it carefully, opening every layer of meaning so it can be examined. It's the literal-Latin cousin of explicit ("unfolded"), kept for the scholarly act of unfolding a text.

Common Collocations

• 1.explicate a text阐释文本
• 2.explicate the meaning阐明含义
• 3.explicate a concept阐述概念

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The professor explicated the difficult passage line by line.

• 2.

  Her essay explicates the theory in plain language.