elaborate
英 [ɪ'læb(ə)rət]
美[ɪ'læbəret]
- adj. 精心制作的;详尽的;煞费苦心的
- vt. 精心制作;详细阐述;从简单成分合成(复杂有机物)
- vi. 详细描述;变复杂
英英释意
- 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"
双语例句
- 1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
- 为了防止有人跟踪我,我特地绕了弯路。
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- 2. Elaborate efforts were made to reconstruct what had happened.
- 为重现当时的情景,他们做了大量细致的工作。
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- 3. According to the prosecution, the officers manufactured an elaborate story.
- 根据控方意见,官员们精心编造了事情经过。
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- 4. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.
- 她的孩子们的生日聚会在街坊四邻里是最好、最讲究的。
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- 5. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.
- 我不明白,他为什么要大费周章,装腔作势。
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