elaborate
- involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning；(of an action) lengthy and exaggerated
- develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in detail；add more detail concerning what has already been said
verb: elaborate, 3rd person present: elaborates, gerund or present participle: elaborating, past tense: elaborated, past participle: elaborated
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形容詞
- 1. involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning elaborate security precautions elaborate wrought-iron gates 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of an action) lengthy and exaggerated he made an elaborate pretense of yawning
動詞
- 1. develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in detail the key idea of the book is expressed in the title and elaborated in the text
- ▪ add more detail concerning what has already been said he would not elaborate on his news
- 2. (of a natural agency) produce (a substance) from its elements or simpler constituents many amino acid and peptide hormones are elaborated by neural tissue
- excessively elaborate: a courtly, over-elaborate speech the new structure was criticized as over-elaborate
- explain or treat in excessive detail: if they don't over-elaborate the story I don't question it
Oxford Dictionary
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- involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and ... elaborate security precautions elaborate wrought-iron gates
- develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail: the theory was proposed by Cope and elaborated by Osborn
Oxford Dictionary
