elaboration

英 [ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən]

美 [ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən]

n.  尽力阐述，详尽阐述，精心制作；精心制作的产品；详尽的细节; 推敲；努力发展（完善，改进）；苦心经营

复数：elaborations　

GREIELTS计算机

BNC.12056 / COCA.13692

柯林斯词典

The adjective is pronounced /ɪ'læbərət/. The verb is pronounced /ɪ'læbəreɪt/. 形容词读作/ɪ'læbərət/。动词读作/ɪ'læbəreɪt/。


• ADJ-GRADED 复杂的
  You useelaborateto describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts.
  1. ...an elaborate research project.
     复杂的研究计划
  2. ...an elaborate ceremony that lasts for eight days.
     持续8天的繁琐典礼
• ADJ-GRADED （计划、系统、程序等）繁复的，详尽的，过于复杂的
  Elaborateplans, systems, and procedures are complicated because they have been planned in very great detail, sometimes too much detail.
  1. ...elaborate efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem.
     最高层为了隐瞒问题而挖空心思
  2. ...an elaborate management training scheme for graduates.
     针对毕业生的详尽的管理培训计划
• ADJ-GRADED （衣服、布料等）精致的，精巧的，制作精美的
  Elaborateclothing or material is made with a lot of detailed artistic designs.
  1. He is known for his elaborate costumes.
     他以着装精致而闻名。
• VERB 精心制作;详细计划;进一步完善
  If youelaboratea plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective.
  1. His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment.
     他的任务是制定详细政策，使得市场经济和清洁环境能够共存。
  2. ...the plan elaborated by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
     由联合国安全理事会5个常任理事国详细制定的方案
• VERB 详细说明；详尽阐述
  If youelaborate onsomething that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details.
  1. A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday...
     发言人拒绝对昨天晚些时候发表的声明详加说明。
  2. Would you care to elaborate?
     你愿意详细说明一下吗？

英英释义

noun

• developing in intricate and painstaking detail
  Synonym:working out
• addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
  1. a few remarks added in amplification and defense
  2. an elaboration of the sketch followed
  Synonym:amplification
• marked by elaborately complex detail
  Synonym:elaboratenessintricacyinvolution
• a discussion that provides additional information
  Synonym:expansionenlargement
• the result of improving something
  1. he described a refinement of this technique
  Synonym:refinement

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