Word · Frequency #14383
elaborately
精心地；精巧地
in a very detailed and complicated way; with much elaboration
- 1.
In an elaborate manner.
精心地；详尽地
精心地；详尽地；苦心经营地；精巧地
In use
She decorated the cake elaborately with flowers and patterns.
The report was elaborately prepared, with tables and charts on every page.
He described his travel plans elaborately, including every hotel and train time.
elaborately + past participle
elaborately 常放在过去分词前，强调做工或装饰的复杂精细。
The museum displays elaborately carved ivory ornaments.
这家博物馆展出雕刻精美的象牙饰物。
verb + elaborately
作方式副词修饰动词时，可位于动词之后或之前，表示‘以复杂详尽的方式’。
The author elaborately describes the customs of the region.
作者细致地描述了该地区的风俗。
Common mistakes
She elaborate decorated the hall.She elaborately decorated the hall.
修饰动词‘decorate’必须用副词形式‘elaborately’；‘elaborate’是形容词，不能作状语。
This is an elaborately plan.This is an elaborate plan.
副词‘elaborately’不能修饰名词‘plan’；这里需要形容词‘elaborate’作定语。
Connections
Collocations
- elaborately decorated
- 精心装饰的
- The palace had elaborately decorated ceilings.这座宫殿拥有精心装饰的天花板。
- elaborately carved
- 精雕细刻的
- The museum displayed an elaborately carved ivory statue.博物馆展示了一尊精雕细刻的象牙雕像。
- elaborately designed
- 精心设计的
- She wore an elaborately designed gown to the gala.她穿着精心设计的礼服参加晚会。
- elaborately arranged
- 精心安排的
- The flowers were elaborately arranged in the centerpiece.这些花被精心安排在餐桌中央的装饰品中。
- elaborately embroidered
- 刺绣精美的
- He bought an elaborately embroidered silk scarf for his mother.他为母亲买了一条刺绣精美的丝绸围巾。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拼写联想：elaborately 里有 labor（劳动），想象工匠精心劳动做出精巧作品。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：descriptive writing、formal speech elaborately 多用于书面或较正式的口语描述，表示“精心地、复杂地”；在日常随意对话中，通常会用更简单、口语化的说法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
lately、stately、greatly 的词尾 /eɪtli/ 与 elaborately 的词尾 /eɪtli/ 一致，但 elaborately 的重音在第二个音节，因此它们并不押韵。immediately、fortunately、separately 虽也以 -ately 结尾，但通常读作 /ətli/，与 /eɪtli/ 不同，是形近音异的例词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.