elaborate
adj
very detailed and complicated; carefully prepared and finished 詳盡而復雜的; 精心制作的
elaborate plans 詳盡的計劃
an elaborate hairstyle 復雜的發型
an elaborate five-course meal 有五道菜的一頓盛饌.
elaborate
1 v [Tn] (fml 文) work (sth) out in detail 詳細制定(某事物)
Please elaborate your plan. 請做出詳細的計劃.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (on sth) describe or explain sth in detail 詳盡解釋或說明某事; 闡述
You understand the situation; I needn't elaborate any further. 你了解形勢, 我無須贅述. elaboration n
1 [U] working sth out, or discussing sth, in detail 詳細制定, 詳盡討論某事物
the further elaboration of a theory 對一理論的深入探討.
2 [C] additional, usu unnecessary, detail 附加細節(通常為不必要的)
The elaborations of the plot made it a difficult book to read. 這本書因內容節外生枝而很難懂.