Question

【题目】Soon afterwards, he made his first public (state) about the affair to clear others' misunderstanding of him.

Answer 1

【答案】statement
【解析】句意：不久以后他发表了关于此事的第一个公开声明以澄清别人对他的误解。statement“声明”；make a statement固定短语，“发表声明”。故填tatement。