clarify有澄清的意思。比如说,托福听力里面原题,教授讲了一个问题,他怕学生没有完全理解或者是错误理解,又把一个术语单拿出来说了一下。这就是clarify,本来模糊的东西澄清、再讲解都可以叫做clarify。
看看权威的韦氏词典的解释说的就是刚才我说的这个意思
1: to make (as a liquid) clear or pure usually by freeing from suspended matter
2: to free of confusion <needs time to clarify his thoughts>
3: to make understandable <clarify a subject
declare :
1: to make known formally, officially, or explicitly
2: obsolete(旧、过时的的意思) : to make clear
3: to make evident
可以看出declare的用法是官方的宣告宣布,make evident可以看做是说明(与clarify相似),但是to make clear已经是过时的用法了。
announce
1: to make known publicly : proclaim <announced the deal>
2 a : to give notice of the arrival, presence, or readiness of<announce dinner>
b : to indicate beforehand
可以看出announce和declare主要意思很接近,也是官方性质的广而告之。这两个词在这个意思上的辨析不会考的,因为美国人也分不太开。但是announce有一个提示别人注意某物的意思~
分不开的词到英英词典去查解释就好啦~