explanation是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 解释， 说明，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Scrooge listened again, thinking that the explanation might lie here.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They drew back from the window, and the Doctor looked for explanation in his friend's ashy face.
-- As she did so, Solomon turned to the followers of the Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity, and offered a few words of explanation in the French language, which caused them all to relapse into their former places and pursuits.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "No, you do as I told you," he said, softening his words with a smile, and with a brief explanation of his view of the matter he turned away from the papers, and said: "So do it that way, if you please, Zahar Nikititch."
-- "Anna Arkadyevna," the countess said in explanation to her son, "has a little son eight years old, I believe, and she has never been parted from him before, and she keeps fretting over leaving him."
-- In the relations of the husband and wife the same estrangement still remained, but there was no talk now of separation, and Stepan Arkadyevitch saw the possibility of explanation and reconciliation.
-- Already, from the sound of light steps on the stairs, he was aware that she was close, and though he was satisfied with his speech, he felt frightened of the explanation confronting him... Chapter 9 Anna came in with hanging head, playing with the tassels of her hood.
-- We in Russia refuse to see that we are the heirs of Byzantium," and he launched into a long and heated explanation of his views.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But, as it is in human nature to attempt the solution of every mystery, Passepartout suddenly discovered an explanation of Fix's movements, which was in truth far from unreasonable.
-- Fix was not without his fears lest chance should direct the steps of the unfortunate servant, whom he had so badly treated, in this direction; in which case an explanation the reverse of satisfactory to the detective must have ensued.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He wondered every time at his sombre and enigmatic impression and, mistrust-ing himself, put off finding the explanation of it.
-- And if the ear-rings being found in Nikolay's hands at the very day and hour of the murder constitutes an important piece of circumstantial evidence against him although the explanation given by him ac-counts for it, and therefore it does not tell seriously against him one must take into consideration the facts which prove him innocent, especially as they are facts that cannot be denied.
-- At any rate, the direction in which explanation is to be sought is clear, and the jewel-case points to it.
-- 'That's no matter,' answered Porfiry Petrovitch, receiving his explanation of his pecuniary position coldly, 'but you can, if you prefer, write straight to me, to say, that having been informed of the matter, and claiming such and such 356 Crime and Punishmentas your property, you beg 芒聙娄' 'On an ordinary sheet of paper?'
-- Besides, you wrote yourself that you wanted to have an explanation with mother.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Here was acoincidence!I immediately went into an explanation how I hadnever seen my own father; and how my mother and I had alwayslived by ourselves in the happiest state imaginable, and lived sothen, and always meant to live so; and how my father's grave wasin the churchyard near our house, and shaded by a tree, beneaththe boughs of which I had walked and heard the birds sing many apleasant morning.
-- I ought toobserve, however, in explanation of that lady's state of mind, thatshe was much offended by Peggotty's tucking up her widow'sgown before she had been ten minutes in the place, and setting towork to dust my bedroom.
-- The pecuniarymeans of meeting our expenses, kept down to the utmost farthing,are obtained from him with great difficulty, and even under fearfulthreats that he will Settle himself (the exact expression); and heinexorably refuses to give any explanation whatever of thisdistracting policy.
-- He looked so wistfully into my face, and was so anxious tounderstand, that I took great pains to answer him slowly anddistinctly, as I might have entered on an explanation to a child.
-- To this, Iadded the suggestion, that I should give some explanation of hischaracter and history to Mr. Peggotty, who I knew could be reliedon; and that to Mr. Peggotty should be quietly entrusted thediscretion of advancing another hundred.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The distressing explanation she had to make to Harriet, and all that poor Harriet would be suffering, with the awkwardness of future meetings, the difficulties of continuing or discontinuing the acquaintance, of subduing feelings, concealing resentment, and avoiding eclat, were enough to occupy her in most un-mirthful reflections some time longer, and she went to bed at last with nothing settled but the conviction of her having blundered most dreadfully.
-- They had been arrived only a few minutes, and Mr. Weston had scarcely finished his explanation of Frank's being a day be-fore his time, and her father was yet in the midst of his very civil welcome and congratulations, when she appeared, to have her share of surprize, introduction, and pleasure.
-- 402 EmmaChapter IIIThis little explanation with Mr. Knightley gave Emma considerable pleasure.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And such an explanation did not strike him as a possibility even.
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