elaborate

adj. 精心制作的；详尽的；煞费苦心的

vt. 精心制作；详细阐述；从简单成分合成（复杂有机物）

vi. 详细描述；变复杂

vi.

详尽说明；变得复杂；

vt.

详细制定；详尽阐述；[生理学]加工；尽心竭力地做

adj.

复杂的；精心制作的；（结构）复杂的；精巧的

变形

过去式：elaborated过去分词：elaborated现在分词：elaborating第三人称单数：elaborates

双语释义

vt. 详细制定 work out in detail

vt. & vi. 详尽说明 add more details to sth

复杂的; 精心制作的 very detailed and complicated; carefully prepared and finished

英英释义

elaborate[ i'læbərət, i'læbəreit ]

v.

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"

同义词：lucubrateexpatiateexpositenlargeflesh outexpandexpounddilate

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

"The bee elaborates honey"

make more complex, intricate, or richer

同义词：complicaterefinerarify

work out in detail

"elaborate a plan"

同义词：work out

adj.

marked by complexity and richness of detail

"an elaborate lace pattern"

同义词：luxuriant

developed or executed with care and in minute detail

"the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"; "the carefully elaborated theme"

同义词：detailedelaborated

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

elaborate a code精心编辑法典

elaborate literary works精心编辑文学作品

elaborate a plan制订计划

～+副词

elaborate eloquently滔滔不绝地阐述

elaborate successfully成功地拟定

～+介词

elaborate on对…详加说明

elaborate on a theory详细阐述某一理论

elaborate upon the use of words详细阐述词的用法

词组短语

elaborate on详细说明

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

He launched into an elaborate explanation of his theory.
他开始详尽地阐发他的理论。

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。

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。

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.)

She went on to elaborate her argument.
她进而详尽阐述了她的论点。

Please elaborate your plan before Friday.
请在星期五之前做出详细的计划。

This theory needs further elaborating.
该理论有待进一步推敲。

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。

权威例句

elaborate

elaborate: [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus, the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English labour). The notion of ‘painstaking work’ had passed by the early 17th century into ‘extreme detail’.=> labour

elaborate (adj.)

1590s, "wrought by labor," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to exert oneself" (see elaboration). Meaning "very detailed" is from 1620s, via notion of "produced with great care and attention to detail." Related: elaborateness.

elaborate (v.)

c. 1600, "to build up from simple elements," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to labor, endeavor, struggle, work out" (see elaboration). Meaning "to work out in detail" is attested from 1610s. Related: Elaborated; elaborating.

1. Should he elaborate, add that?

他应该费些口舌做个补充吗？

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. A rather elaborate analysis was required to determine the cross-over values.

要求相当精确地分析才能确定其交换值。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. He represented an elaborate research design and his colleagues laughed him down.

他提出的一个详尽的研究计划，被他的同事们笑着否定了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. They made elaborate costumes for the play.

他们为这出戏精心制作戏装。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. Elaborate funeral cars stood along the curb.

精心装饰的出殡汽车沿街排列着。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. He believed it was something more elaborate than bread pudding.

他以为是什么考究的精品，想不到只是面包布

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. an elaborate funeral

精心安排的葬礼

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. In later Babylon their lives and property were protected by elaborate laws.

在巴比伦后期，他们的生命和财产是受到精密的法律所保护的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. Alcohol puts the liver through some of its toughest, most elaborate paces.

酒精使肝脏处于最为艰难，疲于奔命的状态之下。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. Personas reduce the need for elaborate diagrammatic models; it’s easier to understand the many nuances of user behavior through the narrative structures that personas employ.

人物角色减少了对详细图形模型的需求，通过人物角色使用的叙述结构，能够更容易理解用户行为的很多细微差别。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓