Picture butter melting in a pan: the cloudy bits rise and are lifted off, and what is left is clear enough to see through. That is the word in its most physical form — take out what is muddying it. An explanation gets the same treatment: the muddy points are dealt with one by one until you can see through to the meaning.
可以想成：奶油在鍋裡融開，混濁的雜質浮上來被撈掉，剩下的變得清澈到可以看透。這是這個字最具體的樣子——把讓它變濁的東西拿掉。說明一件事也是同樣的處理：把幾個模糊的地方一個一個挑出來講清楚，直到對方可以一眼看到底。
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
clarifyverb/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/
- 1
To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
- What's the best way to clarify cooking oil?
- Leave the wine for 24 hours and it will clarify.
- 2
To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
- Please clarify what you mean by this.
- Over time, the situation gradually clarified.
- 3
obsoleteTo glorify.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。