elaborate

英[ɪ'læbəreɪt] 美[ɪ'læbəreɪt]
  • adj. 详尽的；复杂的；精心的；精美的
  • v. 详细地说明；用心制作；推敲；变得复杂
elaborately elaborateness elaborated elaborated elaborating elaborates
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详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 精巧的，精美的，精致的
    2. 复杂的，细致复杂的
    3. 详尽的
    4. 辛勤的
    5. 精细的，精心的，认真的
    6. 精益求精的
    7. 精心雕琢的，精心装饰的，精心制成的，精心制定的
    8. 煞费苦心的
    v. (动词)
    1. 详尽阐述，详细说明，细说下去
    2. 详尽计划，详细制订
    3. 变得复杂
    4. 增加细节
    5. 认真做，用心作，精心制作，尽心竭力地做，苦心经营
    6. 推敲（文章）
    7. 引申
    8. 费（些）口舌
    9. 发挥
    10. 从简单成分合成（复杂有机化合物），把转变成（能吸收、排泄等的化合物）
    11. 加工
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 详细制定 work out in detail
    2. vt. & vi. 详尽说明 add more details to sth
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 复杂的; 精心制作的 very detailed and complicated; carefully prepared and finished

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. marked by complexity and richness of detail;

    "an elaborate lace pattern"

  2. developed or executed with care and in minute detail;

    "a detailed plan"
    "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"
    "the carefully elaborated theme"

Verb:
  1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

    "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

  2. produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product;

    "The bee elaborates honey"

  3. make more complex, intricate, or richer;

    "refine a design or pattern"

  4. work out in detail;

    "elaborate a plan"

双语例句

1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
为了防止有人跟踪我，我特地绕了弯路。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Elaborate efforts were made to reconstruct what had happened.
为重现当时的情景，他们做了大量细致的工作。

来自柯林斯例句

3. According to the prosecution, the officers manufactured an elaborate story.
根据控方意见，官员们精心编造了事情经过。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.
她的孩子们的生日聚会在街坊四邻里是最好、最讲究的。

来自柯林斯例句

5. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.
我不明白，他为什么要大费周章，装腔作势。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. He launched into an elaborate explanation of his theory.
      他开始详尽地阐发他的理论。
    2. Her elaborate hairstyle, to her disappointment, just amused us.
      令她失望的是,她复杂的发型只让我们感到好笑。
    3. It was not the old man to indulge in elaborate preliminaries.
      这位老人向来不做那种煞费苦心的开场白。
    4. She had prepared herself for a very elaborate show.
      她准备了一场非常精美的表演。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. She went on to elaborate her argument.
      她进而详尽阐述了她的论点。
    2. Please elaborate your plan before Friday.
      请在星期五之前做出详细的计划。
    3. This theory needs further elaborating.
      该理论有待进一步推敲。
    4. I don't want this simple idea to elaborate as a result of discussions.
      我不想这个简单的观点经过一次次讨论之后变得复杂。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+～(+A)
    1. You understand the situation; I needn't elaborate any further.
      你对情况是了解的,我不必再进一步详谈了。
    用作及物动词 S+～+ n./pron.
    1. The inventor spent months in elaborating his plans for a new engine.
      这位发明家花费了几个月的时间精心绘制了一种新发动机的平面图。
    2. Please elaborate your points.
      请就你的观点详加说明。
    3. The bees elaborate honey.
      蜜蜂辛勤酿蜜。
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    4. Some of these points will have to be further elaborated as we go along.
      这些要点中,有些我们在往下讨论时还得作进一步的详细阐述。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ～+ n.
    1. It's an elaborate design.
      这是一种精心的设计。
    2. The elaborate lighting system took months to install.
      安装这套精美的照明系统花了好几个月的时间。
    3. He made an elaborate hairstyle.
      他做了一个复杂的发型。
    用作表语 S+be+～
    1. The problem is too elaborate.
      问题太复杂。
    S+be+～+that-clause
    1. The matter is so elaborate that we can't solve it.
      这事情太复杂,我们解决不了。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
  1. elaborate的基本意思是“注重细节”; 对于尚未实现的事物,译为“详细制定,精心制作”; 对于已存在的事物,则意在完全显现其细节,即“详尽说明,详细阐述”。
  2. elaborate用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
  3. elaborate作不及物动词时,后接on或upon,表示“详细阐述”。
用作动词 (v.)
elaborate on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)
    详细说明 add more details to (sth)
    elaborate on〔upon〕 sth

    She elaborated on the next day's menu.

    她精心设计了明天的菜单。

    Please elaborate on your proposals a little.

    请稍微详细说明你的建议。

    The witness was asked to elaborate upon one of his statements.

    证人被要求对其陈述的某一点作详细的说明。

    The chairman just wanted the facts. You don't need to elaborate on them.

    主席只想了解事实,你不必详细说明。

用作动词 (v.)
～+名词 ～+副词 ～+介词

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