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elaborate 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 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. ★★☆☆☆ 2005.4

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[i'læbərət] 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. 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. 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]...an elaborate research project.复杂的研究计划...an elaborate ceremony that lasts for eight days.持续8天的繁琐典礼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]...elaborate efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem.最高层为了隐瞒问题而挖空心思...an elaborate management training scheme for graduates.针对毕业生的详尽的管理培训计划elaboratelyIt was clearly an elaborately planned operation.那显然是一次精心策划的行动。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]He is known for his elaborate costumes.他以着装精致而闻名。elaborately...elaborately costumed dolls.装扮精美的玩具娃娃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]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elaboration...the elaboration of specific policies and mechanisms.具体政策和机制的详细规划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 on n]  [V]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。Would you care to elaborate?你愿意详细说明一下吗？

英语单词	elaborate
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] ...an elaborate research project. 复杂的研究计划 ...an elaborate ceremony that lasts for eight days. 持续8天的繁琐典礼 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] ...elaborate efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem. 最高层为了隐瞒问题而挖空心思 ...an elaborate management training scheme for graduates. 针对毕业生的详尽的管理培训计划 elaborately It was clearly an elaborately planned operation. 那显然是一次精心策划的行动。 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] He is known for his elaborate costumes. 他以着装精致而闻名。 elaborately ...elaborately costumed dolls. 装扮精美的玩具娃娃 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] 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 elaboration ...the elaboration of specific policies and mechanisms. 具体政策和机制的详细规划 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 on n] [V] 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。 Would you care to elaborate? 你愿意详细说明一下吗？
来源	2005.4

Elaborate N Planned Lot Adjective Describe Detailed Complicated