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elucidate

\ih-LOO-si-dayt\, transitive verb
To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
1. 阐明;说明

He thought that film's promise and purpose was to elucidate the real, to reveal the patterns already before us, and he believed that unity of space and time were paramount.
~Nancy Reisman, House Fires

Beginning our journey into the past, we will now examine plant and animal clues in amber to elucidate the mysteries of the forest that was the home of our bee.
~George Poinar Jr. and Roberta Poinar, The Amber Forest :A Reconstruction of a Vanished World

The plan is to sail south to between 52 and 54 degrees south latitude and search for land; if no land is discovered, to run east to the longitude of the eastern extremity of New Guinea, then north to elucidate questions raised by Dutch and Spanish voyages.
~Alan Gurney, Below the Convergence

Elucidate comes from Late Latin elucidare, to clear up, from ex-, e-, out of + lucidus, bright, from lux, luc- light. Hence to elucidate is to bring the inner light out of an obscure subject. One who elucidates is an elucidator; that which tends to elucidate is elucidative; the act of elucidating, or that which elucidates, is an elucidation.



I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
                                                                                                                               ~Mother Teresa

我发现一个自相矛盾的情形，如果我爱到让自己感到痛心，那么我的心中并没有伤痛，只有更多的爱。
                                                                                                                                                    ——德兰修女


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