elaborate

elaborate
adjective
  1. involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning
    精巧的；复杂的；详尽的；精心设计（或制作）的
    elaborate security precautions.
    详尽的安全防范措施。
    elaborate wrought-iron gates.
    精巧的熟铁门。
    ■(of an action) lengthy and exaggerated
    （动作）煞费苦心的
    he made an elaborate pretence of yawning.
    他煞费苦心地假装打了一个哈欠。
verb
  1. [with obj.]develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in detail
    详尽阐述（理论，政策，体系）
    the key idea of the book is expressed in the title and elaborated in the text.
    该书的主要观点在书名中提出并在全书中得到详尽的阐述。
    ■[no obj.]add more detail concerning what has already been said
    详尽说明，发挥
    he would not elaborate on his news.
    他不会详尽说明他的消息。
  2. [with obj.](Biology)(of a natural agency) produce (a substance) from its elements or simpler constituents
    (生)（自然力）使简单成分合成为（物质）
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elaborately
adverb
elaborateness
noun
elaboration
noun
elaborative
adjective
elaborator
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'produced by effort of labour', also in sense 2 of the verb): from Latin elaborat- 'worked out', from the verb elaborare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + labor 'work'
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