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/。
1 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 复杂的 You use
elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts.
复杂的 2 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (计划、系统、程序等)繁复的,详尽的,过于复杂的 Elaborate plans, systems, and procedures are complicated because they have been planned in very great detail, sometimes too much detail.
(计划、系统、程序等)繁复的,详尽的,过于复杂的 3 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (衣服、布料等)精致的,精巧的,制作精美的 Elaborate clothing or material is made with a lot of detailed artistic designs.
(衣服、布料等)精致的,精巧的,制作精美的 4 VERB 精心制作;详细计划;进一步完善 If you
elaborate a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective.
精心制作;详细计划;进一步完善 -
His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment. [VERB noun]
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。
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...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
5 VERB 详细说明;详尽阐述 If you
elaborate on something that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details.
详细说明;详尽阐述 SYN expand upon, extend upon, enlarge on, amplify upon
Word Link | labor ≈ working : collaborate, elaborate, laboratory |
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