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■ clear作为形容词，clear 可以指事物，也可以指人。 1) clear 指事物，意义不必多加解释。用法上可以作为前置定语，也可以作为表语。 2) clear 指人，这个用法则有点特别，一般不能作为前置定语，只能作为表语或主语补足语。意义上也有点特别，依搭配的不同，可以表示：a) 主语（人）自己对某事有清楚的了解，或者 b) 表示主语（人）的意思让别人清楚地了解。 a) 前一种（“自己明白”）通常用表示延续状态的 to be clear，或者后面加 about, as to, on 等介词短语或 that, wh- 之类的从句。 - I'm not entirely clear.我还不完全明白。
- He was not clear on/ about the conclusion.他对这个结论还不明白。
- She is not at all clear what is going on. = She is not at all clear as to what is going on. = She is not at all clear about what is going on.她对这究竟是什么一回事还莫名其妙。
- Let's be quite clear.咱们把话说明白吧（“让大家都明白”，不是“让大家把话说明白”）。
- I am clear in my own mind that I should give up the plan.我心里明白自己的计划应该打消了。
- Though the occupants in 1867 would have been quite clear as to who was the tyrant in their lives, the more real monster, to an age like ours, would beyond doubt have been the enormous kitchen range... (John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Chapter 4)固然，在一八六七年，住在那幢楼房里的仆人可能非常清楚谁是他们生活中的暴君，但照我们今天看来，真正的恶魔必定是那宽大的厨房。
b) 后一种（“让别人明白”）则通常用表示瞬时动作的 to make oneself clear。例如一份宗教宣传材料上说： - Whether you choose to believe in God and Jesus Christ or not is up to you. But after tonight you can no longer say, "I can't believe in God because He hasn't made Himself clear to me." He has made Himself clear; He's made Himself crystal clear.你信不信上帝和耶稣基督，由你自己选择。但是，经过了今晚之后，你就再也不能说：“我不能相信上帝是因为上帝没有向我说清楚他的道理。”他已经把道理说清楚了。他已经说得一清二楚了。
又例如： - No problem. You've made yourself clear.没问题。你的意思已经说清楚了。
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