elaborate
英 [?'l?b(?)r?t]
美[?'l?b?ret]
- adj. 精心制作的；詳盡的；煞費(fèi)苦心的
- vt. 精心制作；詳細(xì)闡述；從簡(jiǎn)單成分合成（復(fù)雜有機(jī)物）
- vi. 詳細(xì)描述；變復(fù)雜
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?elaborates;過(guò)去式:?elaborated;過(guò)去分詞:?elaborated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?elaborating;副詞:?elaborately;名詞:?elaborateness;? elaboration;
助記提示
1. e‐出，通過(guò)勞動(dòng)出來(lái)的。
中文詞源
elaborate 詳盡的
e-, 向外。-labor, 勞動(dòng)，辛苦，詞源同laboratory.
英文詞源
- elaborate
- elaborate: [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’.
=> labour - elaborate (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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
- 為了防止有人跟蹤我，我特地繞了彎路。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Elaborate efforts were made to reconstruct what had happened.
- 為重現(xiàn)當(dāng)時(shí)的情景，他們做了大量細(xì)致的工作。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. According to the prosecution, the officers manufactured an elaborate story.
- 根據(jù)控方意見，官員們精心編造了事情經(jīng)過(guò)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.
- 她的孩子們的生日聚會(huì)在街坊四鄰里是最好、最講究的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.
- 我不明白，他為什么要大費(fèi)周章，裝腔作勢(shì)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句