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elaborated
详述；详细说明；详尽阐述
elaborated is the past of elaborate.
To add more details to something or explain it more fully.
- 1.
Тo develop in detail or complexity.
详细或复杂地发展
- 2.
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
为叙述或观点添加细节；以学术方式阐明意义,通常以书面形式进行
- 3.
To expand/enlarge in detail.
详细阐述或扩展
- 4.
produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
从基本元素或来源中产生；转变为更发达的产品
- 5.
make more complex, intricate, or richer
使更复杂、精细或丰富
使更复杂；使更精细；使更丰富；加工；生产；详细或复杂地发展；为叙述或观点添加细节；以学术方式阐明意义,通常以书面形式进行；详细阐述或扩展
In use
Could you please elaborate on your proposal?
The author elaborated the theory in her latest book.
He is elaborating his plan to the team.
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
The bee elaborates honey
Verb forms
base elaborate · third person elaborates · -ing elaborating · past elaborated · past participle elaborated
Connections
Collocations
- elaborate on
- 详细阐述
- Could you elaborate on your previous statement?你能详细阐述你之前的陈述吗？
- elaborate a plan
- 精心制定计划
- They elaborated a comprehensive plan for the project.他们为这个项目精心制定了一个全面的计划。
- elaborate a theory
- 详尽阐述理论
- The scientist elaborated his theory in a series of papers.这位科学家在一系列论文中详尽阐述了他的理论。
- elaborate the details
- 详细说明细节
- The manager asked him to elaborate the details of the proposal.经理让他详细说明提案的细节。
- elaborate an idea
- 阐述想法
- She elaborated her idea during the meeting.她在会议上阐述了自己的想法。
- elaborate a point
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：e（向外）+ labor（劳动）+ ate（动词后缀），联想为付出劳动把细节讲出来，即详细阐述。
Context & Register
常见场景：学术写作、正式报告、演讲、一般讨论 作为动词时，多用于正式或半正式场合，表示详细阐述或说明；在日常对话中也可使用，但比较常见于需要强调细节的语境。
Grammar Note
作不及物时后接on；作及物时直接接宾语
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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