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Elaborate Past Participle Latin Notion Elaboratus Elaborare Elaboration

正面 7125.elaborate
英 [ɪ'læb(ə)rət]美 [ɪ'læbəret]

背面
释义:
adj. 精心制作的;详尽的;煞费苦心的vt. 精心制作;详细阐述;从简单成分合成(复杂有机物)vi. 详细描述;变复杂
例句:
1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.为了防止有人跟踪我,我特地绕了弯路。

1. e‐出,通过劳动出来的。
elaborate 详尽的e-, 向外。-labor, 劳动,辛苦,词源同laboratory.
elaborateelaborate: [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus, the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English labour). The notion of ‘painstaking work’ had passed by the early 17th century into ‘extreme detail’.=> labourelaborate (adj.)1590s, "wrought by labor," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to exert oneself" (see elaboration). Meaning "very detailed" is from 1620s, via notion of "produced with great care and attention to detail." Related: elaborateness.elaborate (v.)c. 1600, "to build up from simple elements," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to labor, endeavor, struggle, work out" (see elaboration). Meaning "to work out in detail" is attested from 1610s. Related: Elaborated; elaborating."

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