explanation(n.)
"解释的行为; 赋予的意义或解释",14世纪晚期, explanacioun,源自拉丁语 explanationem(主格 explanatio)"解释,解释",动作名词,来自 explanare 的过去分词词干"使明确或清晰,解释",字面意思是"使平坦,变平",来自 ex "出"(参见 ex-)+ planus "平坦"(来自 PIE 词根 *pele-(2)"平坦; 展开")。
An individual fact is said to be explained, by pointing out its cause, that is, by stating the law or laws of causation of which its production is an instance. Thus. a conflagration is explained, when it is proved to have arisen from a spark falling into the midst of a heap of combustibles. [J.S. Mill, "Logic"]
据说通过指出其原因,即陈述其产生的因果律,可以解释一个个别事实,即其产生是一个实例。因此,当被证明一场大火是由火星落入可燃物堆中引起时,就可以解释这场大火。[J.S. Mill, "Logic"]
该词起源时间:14世纪末