"explanation" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

explanation sustantivo

sustantivo + explanation
Kolokacji: 7
explanation of one's behavior • explanation of Commonwealth • explanation of Allied unit • explanation of one's methodology • ...
explanation + verbo
Kolokacji: 40
explanation comes • explanation makes • explanation includes • explanation lies • explanation seems • ...
verbo + explanation
Kolokacji: 43
require explanation • accept one's explanation • hear one's explanation • demand an explanation • offer an explanation • ...
(3) hear, listen, see
Kolokacji: 4
4. get an explanation = zrozum wyjaśnienie get an explanation
6. invent explanations = zmyśl wyjaśnienia invent explanations
  • Easter Island has been a favourite of National Geographic for years, and the cultists have had a field day inventing explanations for the mystery.
  • After the boy has suffered several mysterious "accidents" for which he invents unsatisfying explanations, Martyn intuits that Frank is the culprit.
  • Some unexplained circumstances, a few radar ghosts, hell, we're letting the fog of war do all the Chinese's work for them, inventing explanations and causes.
  • As for the payments continuing after Emory's death, Qwilleran could invent several explanations but accepted the most credible: Emory was still alive .
  • You invent simple explanations for yourself-not because they're true, but because they're useful.
  • I'm saying that because God's universe is far too complex for simple minds, simple minds invent simple explanations.
  • I invented rational explanations, and he sort of believed me; I was educated.
  • To make connections, invent explanations.
  • But we can still ask questions, invent explanations about what started it all.
  • On the other hand, Nisbett and Wilson (1975) argued that actors don't really know the true causes of their actions and often merely invent plausible explanations.
7. cite explanations = zacytuj wyjaśnienia cite explanations
(7) read, click, understand
Kolokacji: 3
adjetivo + explanation
Kolokacji: 198
possible explanation • simple explanation • only explanation • full explanation • detailed explanation • alternative explanation • ...
preposición + explanation
Kolokacji: 16
without explanation • of explanation • in explanation • on explanations • for an explanation • ...

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