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flesh out + noun phrase
及物短语，宾语可以是计划、想法等抽象名词。
We need to flesh out the plan before presenting it.
我们需要在展示计划之前充实它。
充实；使…更具体；使…有血有肉
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充实；使…更具体；使…有血有肉
to add more detail or substance to something; to make something more complete or realistic.
We need to flesh out the plan before presenting it.
我们需要在展示计划之前充实它。
完成；从基本轮廓、结构或框架中创建细节。
To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.
flesh out
Base
原形
fleshes out
3rd person
第三人称单数
fleshing out
-ing
现在分词
fleshed out
Past
过去式
fleshed out
Past participle
过去分词
She always fleshes out the outline before writing.
她总是在写作前充实提纲。
He is fleshing out the details of the project.
他正在充实项目的细节。
They have fleshed out the plan with concrete steps.
他们已经用具体步骤充实了计划。
规则变化，只变化动词 flesh。
Before we start the project, we need to flesh out the details of our plan.
在开始项目之前，我们需要充实计划的细节。
The writer fleshed out the main character with more personal stories.
作者用更多个人故事使主角更加有血有肉。
She is fleshing out her idea with examples and data.
她正在用例子和数据充实自己的想法。
及物短语，宾语可以是计划、想法等抽象名词。
We need to flesh out the plan before presenting it.
我们需要在展示计划之前充实它。
常与details、arguments等搭配，表示使更具体。
Can you flesh out the details of your proposal?
你能充实一下你提案的细节吗？
被动语态，强调被充实的过程。
The story was fleshed out with vivid descriptions.
这个故事用生动的描写充实了起来。
Not this
We need to flesh out.
Use this
We need to flesh out the plan.
flesh out 是及物动词短语，必须接宾语才能表达‘充实某物’的意思；缺少宾语会导致句子不完整。
Not this
Let's flush out the story with more details.
Use this
Let's flesh out the story with more details.
flush out 意为‘迫使离开’或‘冲洗’，而 flesh out 才是‘充实；使有血有肉’，两者拼写相近但含义不同，容易混淆。
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及物动词，后接宾语，如 flesh out a plan
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