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explanatory (adj.)
[explanatory 词源字典]
1610s, from or modeled on Late Latin
explanatorius
"having to do with an explanation," from Latin
explanat-
, past participle stem of
explanare
"make plain or clear" (see
explanation
).
[explanatory etymology, explanatory origin, 英语词源]