四级Although many attribute Kodak's downfall to "complacency(自满) ," that explanation doesn't acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself.

尽管许多人将柯达的垮台归因于“自满”(自满) ," 这一解释并不承认该公司在重塑自身方面付出了多大的努力。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级I suspect that some experts in the field will be keen to address alternative explanations, such as unassessed variables playing a role in the well-being decline.

我怀疑该领域的一些专家会热衷于解决其他解释，比如在幸福感下降中起作用的未评估变量。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级There is another explanation that Twenge and her colleagues wanted to address: the impact of the great recession of 2007-2009, which hit a great number of American families and might be affecting adolescents.

特温奇和她的同事们还想提出另一种解释：2007-2009年大衰退的影响，这场大衰退打击了许多美国家庭，可能正在影响青少年。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Perhaps one explanation for her mistakes is that she cut short her Suriname trip after getting bick, and completed the book at home in Amsterdam.

也许对她的错误的一个解释是，她在收到bick后缩短了苏里南之旅，在阿姆斯特丹的家里完成了这本书。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级a basis for explaining human genetic diversityan aid to understanding different populationsan explanation for social and cultural differencesa term to describe individual human characteristicsmodern genetics research is likely to fuel racial conflictsrace is a poorly defined marker of human genetic diversityrace as a biological term can explain human genetic diversitygenetics research should consider social and cultural variablesit is absolutely necessary to put race aside in making diagnosisit is important to include social variables in genetics researchracial categories for genetic diversity could lead to wrong clinical predictionsdiscrimination against black people may cause negligence in clinical treatmentThey be more precise with the language they use.

解释人类遗传多样性的基础有助于理解不同的人群解释社会和文化差异描述人类个体特征的术语现代遗传学研究可能助长种族冲突种族是人类遗传多样性的一个定义不清的标记种族作为一个生物学术语可以解释人类遗传多样性遗传学研究应考虑到社会和文化的差异，在诊断中必须将种族放在一边，在遗传学中包含社会变量是很重要的。研究遗传类别的遗传多样性可能导致错误的临床预测。临床治疗中的疏忽他们使用的语言更加精确。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研Also, some research suggests that the explanation for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and addiction among poorly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs.

此外，一些研究表明，教育程度低的中年人死亡率、心理健康问题和上瘾率上升的原因是缺乏高薪工作。

2017年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考But alternative explanations are hard to find.

但很难找到其他解释。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

六级And one of the most popular explanations, among some experts and the popular media, is that excessive "screen time,, is to blame.

在一些专家和大众媒体中，最流行的解释之一是，过度的“屏幕时间”是罪魁祸首。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级That could be another explanation for why companies seem to be strengthening their talk of the practicality of their devices.

这可能是另一种解释，解释为什么公司似乎在加强对其设备实用性的讨论。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研When Liam McGee departed as president of Bank of America in August, his explanation was surprisingly straight up.

当利亚姆·麦基（Liam McGee）于8月卸任美国银行行长时，他的解释出人意料地直截了当。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研In recent weeks the No.2 executives at Avon and American Express quit with the explanation that they were looking for a CEO post.

最近几周，雅芳和美国运通（American Express）排名第二的高管辞职，原因是他们正在寻找一个CEO职位。

2011年考研阅读原文

四级One explanation for this finding is that possible awards may be more emotionally provoking than certainty awards, says Reimann.

Reimann说，对这一发现的一种解释是，可能的奖励可能比确定性奖励更能激发情感。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考Their workshop on Henry Ⅴ, for example, includes a helpful explanation of Henry's winning strategy at the battle of agincourt.

他们关于亨利的研讨会Ⅴ, 例如，包括对亨利在阿金库尔战役中获胜战略的有益解释。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研Despite attempts by the Church to strong-arm this new generation of logicians and rationalists, more explanations for how the universe functioned were being made, and at a rate that the people-including the Church -could no longer ignore.

尽管教会试图加强这一新一代逻辑学家和理性主义者的力量，但对宇宙如何运行的更多解释正在形成，并且以包括教会在内的人们无法再忽视的速度出现。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级E.B.Du Bois was concerned that race was being used as a biological explanation for what he understood to be social and cultural differences between different populations of people.

E.B.Du Bois担心种族被用来解释他所理解的不同人群之间的社会和文化差异。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级A young woman sought explanation from a brain scientist when she noticed her unusual memory.

一位年轻女子发现自己的记忆力异常时，向一位大脑科学家寻求解释。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Unfortunately, part of the explanation is that the Census retail data are unreliable.

不幸的是，部分原因是人口普查零售数据不可靠。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级"One explanation for this finding is that possible awards may be more emotionally provoking than certainty awards," says Reimann.

“这一发现的一个解释是，可能的奖励可能比确定性奖励更能激发情感，”Reimann说。

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级That's one explanation for the decline in traditional craftsmanship

这是传统工艺衰落的一个解释

2013年6月阅读原文

四级Why do some people live to be older than others? You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc.

为什么有些人活得比别人老？你知道标准的解释：保持适度的饮食，经常锻炼，等等。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc.

你知道标准的解释：保持适度的饮食，经常锻炼，等等。

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.

韦尔蒂坐在房间的沙发上，身材苗条，穿着一件朴素的灰色连衣裙，对这个解释似乎很满意。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Listen to the teacher's explanation.

听老师的解释。

2012年12月听力原文

六级A new study by Cornell economists Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn gives an explanation.

康奈尔大学经济学家弗朗辛·布鲁（Francine Blau）和劳伦斯·卡恩（Lawrence Kahn）的一项新研究给出了解释。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级That's one explanation for the decline in traditional craftsmanship.

这是传统工艺衰落的一个解释。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级That’s one explanation for the decline in traditional craftsmanship.

这是传统工艺衰落的一个解释。

2013年6月六级考试真题（二）

六级More than 100 years ago, American sociologist Du Bois was concerned that race was being used as a biological explanation for what he understood to be social and cultural differences between different populations of people.

100多年前，美国社会学家杜波依斯担心种族被用作他所理解的不同人群之间社会和文化差异的生物学解释。

2016年12月六级（第三套）真题

六级a basis for explaining human genetic diversity an aid to understanding different populations an explanation for social and cultural differences a term to describe individual human characteristics The example of the disease cystic fibrosis underdiagnosed in people of African ancestry demonstrates that it is absolutely necessary to put race aside in making diagnosis it is important to include social variables in genetics research.

解释人类遗传多样性的基础

2016年12月六级（第三套）真题

六级That explanation appeals to common sense and has dominated efforts to get to the root of the obesity epidemic and reverse it.

这一解释符合常识，并主导了寻找肥胖流行根源并扭转其趋势的努力。

2008年12月英语六级真题

六级Earlier this year a review paper by 20obesity experts set out the 7 most plausible alternative explanations for the epidemic.

今年早些时候，20位肥胖专家发表了一篇综述论文，列出了对这一流行病最合理的7种替代解释。

2008年12月英语六级真题

六级There's some truth to all these explanations, but they aren't quite sufficient.

所有这些解释都有一定的道理，但还不够充分。

2011年6月英语六级真题

四级The only possible explanation offered by one doctor was that, since Edwards lost his sight as a result of a hard blow in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way it could be restored was by another blow.

一位医生提供的唯一可能的解释是，由于爱德华兹在一次可怕的事故中受到重击而失明，也许恢复视力的唯一方法是再打一拳。

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation.

这可能被称为懒惰，但克莱特曼博士有了新的解释。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening.

“问题的可能解释是，约翰在晚上处于体温和能量的峰值。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级Both explanations for academic success worry Asian Americans because of fears that they feed a typical racial (种族的) image.

这两种对学术成功的解释都让亚裔美国人感到担忧，因为他们担心自己助长了典型的种族主义(种族的) 形象

1993年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It is everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.

每个人都同意，当孩子学会说话时，这是一项艰巨的任务，而他在这么短的时间内做到这一点，这一事实对解释提出了质疑。

1997年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级“the explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer,” explains the professor.

“对此的解释是，大脑就像一台电脑，”教授解释道。

2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级And economics, with its emphasis on incentives (激励), provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education.

以及强调激励的经济学(激励), 提供了指导方针，指出为什么这么多女孩被剥夺了受教育的权利。

2006年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级There are two possible explanations.

有两种可能的解释。

2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷（1）

四级Although many attribute Kodak's downfall to "complacency(自满)," that explanation doesn't acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself.

尽管许多人将柯达的衰落归因于“自满”(自满),“这种解释并没有承认该公司为重塑自身所付出的努力。

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第2套)

四级Although many attribute Kodak’s downfall to “complacency(自满) ,” that explanation doesn’t acknow-ledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself.

尽管许多人将柯达的衰落归因于“自满”(自满) ,” 这一解释并不能说明该公司为重塑自身所付出的努力。

2013年 6月大学英语四级考试真题

四级One explanation might be that women, who despite decades of social advances still suffer from economic inequality, discrimination (歧视) and even violence, might have more to cry about.

一种解释可能是，尽管社会进步了几十年，但妇女仍然遭受着经济不平等、歧视(歧视) 甚至暴力，可能还有更多值得哭诉的地方。

2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）

四级Although many attribute Kodak’s downfall to “complacency ( 自满)”that explanation doesn’t acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself.

尽管许多人将柯达的衰落归因于“自满情绪（自满)”这种解释并没有承认该公司为重塑自身所付出的努力。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套)

四级“One explanation for this finding is that possible awards may be more emotionally provoking than certainty awards,” says Reimann.

Reimann说：“对这一发现的一种解释是，可能的奖项可能比确定性奖项更能激起情感。”。

2016年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研If we take this as a reasonable explanation for UFOs (unidentified flying objects), questions immediately come up.

如果我们将此作为不明飞行物（不明飞行物）的合理解释，问题就会立即出现。

1989年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研“The most likely explanation, it seems to me,” said Dr. Mead, “is that they are simply watching what we are up to -- that responsible society outside our solar system is keeping an eye on us to see that we don’t set in motion a chain reaction that might have unexpected effects for outside our solar system.

米德博士说：“在我看来，最有可能的解释是，他们只是在关注我们在做什么——太阳系外负责任的社会正在关注我们，以确保我们不会引发连锁反应，这可能会对太阳系外产生意想不到的影响。”。

1989年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Let us examine the different explanations about one human characteristic, intelligence, offered by the two theories.

让我们来考察这两种理论对人类一个特征——智力——的不同解释。

1990年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind; it is simply the mode by which all phenomena are reasoned about and given precise and exact explanation.

科学考察的方法无非是人类思维的必要工作方式的表现；它只是对所有现象进行推理并给出精确解释的模式。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The most thrilling explanation is, unfortunately, a little defective.

不幸的是，最令人激动的解释有点缺陷。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Two other explanations are more speculative.

另外两种解释更具推测性。

1998年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研The existence of the giant clouds was virtually required for the Big Bang, first put forward in the 1920s, to maintain its reign as the dominant explanation of the cosmos.

巨型云的存在实际上是20世纪20年代首次提出的宇宙大爆炸所必需的，以保持其作为宇宙主要解释的统治地位。

1998年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find.

行为科学的变化一直很慢，部分原因是解释项目似乎经常被直接观察到，另一部分原因是其他类型的解释很难找到。

2002年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题