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

双解释义

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

详尽释义

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

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"
   

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。

常见句型

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。

经典引文

• He has no elegances either lucky or elaborate.

  出自： S. Johnson

• Honey..is elaborated by the Bee.

  出自： R. Boyle

• He was going to continue, to elaborate and embellish this idea.

  出自： W. Styron

• I began jabbering, elaborating excuses.

  出自： A. Lurie

• He went out..to make sketches from nature, and then elaborated them in his studio.

  出自： E. H. Gombrich

常用短语

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。

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

词语用法

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”。

词源解说

• ☆ 16世纪90年代进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的elaboratus，意为体力生产；最初源自古典拉丁语的elaborat，意为非常详细的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• clarify
• detail
• specify
• complex
• complicated

【反义词】

• digest
• plain
• simple