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

However, further studies are needed to clarify this.
不过，还需作进一步研究来澄清这一点。
For now, I will clarify some of my initial commitments and outline some plans for this year.
眼下，我将澄清我的一些初步承诺并概述今年的一些计划。
These new profiles clarify some minor points, and more clearly define attachments.
这些新概要阐明了一些小要点，更明确地定义了附件。
A few words will be enough to clarify things.
只消几句话就可以说清楚。
But further genetic analysis and study should help to clarify these early migrations.
但是更多的遗传基因分析和研究应该会有助于理清这些早期的移民情况。
You won't be involved if you clarify things.
你只要把问题说清楚就没事儿。
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。
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。
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。