英语单词 | elaborate |
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英美音标 | [i'læbərət] |
中文释义 | adj.精心制作的,详细阐述的,精细 vt.精心制作,详细阐述 v.详细描述 |
vocab简明 | Use the adjective elaborate when you want to describe how something is very detailed or especially complicated, like a devilish prank planned out weeks in advance. |
vocab扩展 | The adjective elaborate is used to describe when something is planned with a lot of attention to detail or when something is intricate or detailed itself. The word comes from the Latin elaborare, which means "to produce by labor" but it has come to mean a lot of labor, especially work that is very complicated and precise. To imagine this word, think of a painting with lots of flourishes or a story with many sub-plots and characters that all fit together in extensive ways. |
真题原句 | Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English-speakers. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 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 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. [usu ADJ n]
2 [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. [usu ADJ n]
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3 [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. [usu ADJ n]
elaborately
4 [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. [V n]
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5 [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. [V [V]
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来源 | 2005.4 |
Tags: 单词::2005, 单词::阅读词库
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