adj.(形容词)

1. 精巧的，精美的，精致的
2. 复杂的，细致复杂的
3. 详尽的
4. 辛勤的
5. 精细的，精心的，认真的
6. 精益求精的
7. 精心雕琢的，精心装饰的，精心制成的，精心制定的
8. 煞费苦心的

v.(动词)

1. 详尽阐述，详细说明，细说下去
2. 详尽计划，详细制订
3. 变得复杂
4. 增加细节
5. 认真做，用心作，精心制作，尽心竭力地做，苦心经营
6. 推敲（文章）
7. 引申
8. 费（些）口舌
9. 发挥
10. 从简单成分合成（复杂有机化合物），把转变成（能吸收、排泄等的化合物）
11. 加工

v.(动词)

1. vt. 详细制定 work out in detail
2. vt. & vi. 详尽说明 add more details to sth

adj.(形容词)

1. 复杂的; 精心制作的 very detailed and complicated; carefully prepared and finished

Adjective:

1. marked by complexity and richness of detail;

   "an elaborate lace pattern"
   

2. developed or executed with care and in minute detail;

   "a detailed plan"
   "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"
   "the carefully elaborated theme"
   

Verb:

1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

   "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
   

2. produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product;

   "The bee elaborates honey"
   

3. make more complex, intricate, or richer;

   "refine a design or pattern"
   

4. work out in detail;

   "elaborate a plan"
   

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.复杂的
You useelaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts.

e.g. ...anelaborate research project.
复杂的研究计划
e.g. ...anelaborate ceremony that lasts for eight days.
持续8天的繁琐典礼

2.（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.

e.g. ...elaborate efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem.
最高层为了隐瞒问题而挖空心思
e.g. ...anelaborate 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.（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.

e.g. He is known for hiselaborate costumes.
他以着装精致而闻名。

elaborately
...elaborately costumed dolls.
装扮精美的玩具娃娃

4.精心制作;详细计划;进一步完善
If youelaborate a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective.

e.g. His task was toelaborate 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。
e.g. ...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.详细说明；详尽阐述
If youelaborate on something that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details.

e.g. A spokesman declined toelaborate 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。
e.g. Would you care toelaborate?
你愿意详细说明一下吗？

1. 加工：.精细加工(elaborate) 通过仔细思考新信息来学习,并把新信息与旧信息建立起联系. .精细复述(elaborative rehearsal) 是一种学习策略,人们利用该策略对新信息进行仔细思考,并在新信息内部或在新信息与旧信息之间建立起联系.

2. elaborate的解释

2. 复杂的：理念具有多样性,可以是基本的、简单的(rudimentary),也可以是冗长而复杂的(elaborate可以是理论驱动性的(theory-driven)或常识性的(common-sensical),也可以是阐述性的(descriptive)或因果关系性的(causal).

He launched into an elaborate explanation of his theory.

他开始详尽地阐发他的理论。

Her elaborate hairstyle, to her disappointment, just amused us.

令她失望的是,她复杂的发型只让我们感到好笑。

It was not the old man to indulge in elaborate preliminaries.

这位老人向来不做那种煞费苦心的开场白。

She had prepared herself for a very elaborate show.

她准备了一场非常精美的表演。

She went on to elaborate her argument.

她进而详尽阐述了她的论点。

Please elaborate your plan before Friday.

请在星期五之前做出详细的计划。

This theory needs further elaborating.

该理论有待进一步推敲。

I don't want this simple idea to elaborate as a result of discussions.

我不想这个简单的观点经过一次次讨论之后变得复杂。

In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them.

他在剧本里采用了一些简单的传统故事并进行了发挥。

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这个计划的重要性无须赘述。

She went on to elaborate her argument.

她进而详尽阐述了她的论点。

He said he was resigning but did not elaborate on his reasons.

他说他准备辞职但未详细说明原因。

an elaborately decorated room

精心装饰的房间

elaborate designs

精心的设计

She had prepared a very elaborate meal.

她做了一顿精美的饭菜。

an elaborate computer system

精密的计算机系统

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？

He is known for his elaborate costumes.

他以着装精致而闻名。

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

...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

...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

Allow me to elaborate our suggestion on this activity, please.

请允许我解释我们提出建议的目的.

He made an elaborate hairstyle.

他做了一个复杂的发型.

Let us elaborate a significant consequence of this fact.

让我们仔细推敲一下这个事实的一个重要结果.

Oh, It is gorgeous and elaborate, indeed.

嗬, 真是华丽精致.

Her mouth stiffening, she could not elaborate.

她嘴巴僵直, 无法细说下去.

The problem is too elaborate.

问题太复杂.

Please elaborate on your proposals a little.

请稍微详细说明你的建议.

You understand the situation; I needn't elaborate any further.

你对情况是了解的, 我不必再进一步详谈了.

The heat had to be dissipated by elaborate cooling systems.

热得用复杂的冷却装置散发.

It's an elaborate design.

这是一种精心的设计.

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. You understand the situation; I needn't elaborate any further.
   你对情况是了解的,我不必再进一步详谈了。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. The inventor spent months in elaborating his plans for a new engine.
   这位发明家花费了几个月的时间精心绘制了一种新发动机的平面图。
2. Please elaborate your points.
   请就你的观点详加说明。
3. The bees elaborate honey.
   蜜蜂辛勤酿蜜。
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4. Some of these points will have to be further elaborated as we go along.
   这些要点中,有些我们在往下讨论时还得作进一步的详细阐述。

用作定语～+ n.

1. It's an elaborate design.
   这是一种精心的设计。
2. The elaborate lighting system took months to install.
   安装这套精美的照明系统花了好几个月的时间。
3. He made an elaborate hairstyle.
   他做了一个复杂的发型。

用作表语S+be+～

1. The problem is too elaborate.
   问题太复杂。

S+be+～+that-clause

1. The matter is so elaborate that we can't solve it.
   这事情太复杂,我们解决不了。

elaborate on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

详细说明 add more details to (sth)
elaborate on〔upon〕 sth

She elaborated on the next day's menu.

她精心设计了明天的菜单。

Please elaborate on your proposals a little.

请稍微详细说明你的建议。

The witness was asked to elaborate upon one of his statements.

证人被要求对其陈述的某一点作详细的说明。

The chairman just wanted the facts. You don't need to elaborate on them.

主席只想了解事实,你不必详细说明。

～+名词

• elaborate%20a%20code">elaborate a code精心编辑法典
• elaborate%20literary%20works">elaborate literary works精心编辑文学作品
• elaborate%20a%20plan">elaborate a plan制订计划

～+副词

• elaborate%20eloquently">elaborate eloquently滔滔不绝地阐述
• elaborate%20successfully">elaborate successfully成功地拟定

～+介词

• elaborate%20on">elaborate on对…详加说明
• elaborate%20on%20a%20theory">elaborate on a theory详细阐述某一理论
• elaborate%20upon%20the%20use%20of%20words">elaborate upon the use of words详细阐述词的用法

• He has no elegances either lucky or elaborate.

  出自：S. Johnson

• Honey..is elaborated by the Bee.

  出自：R. Boyle

• He was going to continue, to elaborate and embellish this idea.

  出自：W. Styron

• I began jabbering, elaborating excuses.

  出自：A. Lurie

• He went out..to make sketches from nature, and then elaborated them in his studio.

  出自：E. H. Gombrich

v.(动词)

1. elaborate的基本意思是“注重细节”; 对于尚未实现的事物,译为“详细制定,精心制作”; 对于已存在的事物,则意在完全显现其细节,即“详尽说明,详细阐述”。
2. elaborate用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
3. elaborate作不及物动词时,后接on或upon,表示“详细阐述”。

• ☆ 16世纪90年代进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的elaboratus，意为体力生产；最初源自古典拉丁语的elaborat，意为非常详细的。