elaborate

C1 CET-6 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #7976 ★★☆☆☆

a. 精细的, 详尽的, 精心计划(或制作)的 vt. 详细地说明, 用心地制作, 发挥 vi. 变复杂, 作详细说明

发音

CA /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/
其它 /ɪˈlæb.(ə.)ɹət/
US /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/
UK /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/
AU /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹæɪt/
NZ /əˈlæb.ə.ɹæɪt/

词形变化

elaborated elaborates 三单 elaborates elaborating elaborating 现在分词 elaborated 过去式 elaborated 过去分词 elaboratest more elaborate 比较级 most elaborate 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

详细描述；变复杂

动词

精心制作；详细阐述；从简单成分合成（复杂有机物）

形容词

精心制作的；详尽的；煞费苦心的

释义与例句

v. C1
  1. 1.

    Тo develop in detail or complexity.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To expand/enlarge in detail.

    不及物

    What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?

    Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?

adj. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.

    详尽

    复杂

    After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.

  2. 2.

    Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.

    I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

expand complicate enlarge refine dilate expound work out expatiate exposit flesh out

上位词 10

make change create produce develop alter clarify modify clear up elucidate

下位词 10

detail instance develop involve specialize specify illustrate specialise exemplify expound

近义相关 2

work out work up
形容词

同义词 3

detailed elaborated luxuriant

近义相关 2

careful fancy

词源

1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.

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