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/。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]复杂的 You use
elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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.
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[VERB 动词]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.
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。
...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
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[VERB 动词]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.