Phrase
fleshes out
充实；使…更具体；使…有血有肉
fleshes out is the third person singular of flesh out.
to add more detail or substance to something; to make something more complete or realistic.
- 1.
To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.
完成；从基本轮廓、结构或框架中创建细节。
完成；从基本轮廓、结构或框架中创建细节。；充实；使有血有肉
In use
Before we start the project, we need to flesh out the details of our plan.
The writer fleshed out the main character with more personal stories.
She is fleshing out her idea with examples and data.
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。
flesh out + details / arguments
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？
be fleshed out (passive)
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。
Verb forms
base flesh out · third person fleshes out · -ing fleshing out · past fleshed out · past participle fleshed out
规则变化，只变化动词 flesh。
Common mistakes
We need to flesh out.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。
Let's flush out the story with more details.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。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- fleshes out
- third person singular
- fleshed out
- past, past participle
- fleshing out
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语，如 flesh out a plan
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.