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elaborate

adjective
 
🔊/ɪˈlæbərət/
🔊/ɪˈlæbərət/
[usually before noun]
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  1. very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared and organized复杂的；详尽的；精心制作的
    • elaborate designs精心的设计
    • She had prepared a very elaborate meal.她做了一顿精美的饭菜。🔊🔊
    • an elaborate computer system精密的计算机系统
    Extra Examples
    • highly elaborate carvings非常精细的雕刻
    • It all turned out to be an elaborate hoax.事实证明，这全都是精心设计的骗局。
    • The ceiling was tiled in an elaborate pattern.天花板的铺设做得很精致。
    • This elaborate deception fooled his family for ages.这个精心设计的骗局愚弄了他家很长时间。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘produced by effort of labour’): from Latin elaborat- ‘worked out’, from the verb elaborare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + labor ‘work’.

elaborate

verb
🔊/ɪˈlæbəreɪt/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they elaborate
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he / she / it elaborates
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past simple elaborated
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past participle elaborated
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-ing form elaborating
🔊/ɪˈlæbəreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to explain or describe something in a more detailed way详尽阐述；详细描述
    • elaborate (on/upon something) He said he was resigning but did not elaborate on his reasons.他说他准备辞职但未详细说明原因。🔊🔊
    • elaborate something She went on to elaborate her argument.她进而详尽阐述了她的论点。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Let me briefly elaborate on this.让我对此简要说明一下。
    • They refused to elaborate on the reasons for their decision.他们拒绝对其决定作出详细说明。
    • This point will be elaborated further in the next chapter.下一章将进一步阐述这一点。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • further
    • at length
    • briefly
    • …
    verb + elaborate
    • attempt to
    • try to
    • refuse to
    • …
    preposition
    • on
    • upon
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  2. [transitive] elaborate something to develop a plan, an idea, etc. and make it complicated or detailed详细制订；精心制作
    • In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them.他在剧本里采用了一些简单的传统故事并加以发挥。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘produced by effort of labour’): from Latin elaborat- ‘worked out’, from the verb elaborare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + labor ‘work’.