剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - elaborate collapse

elaborate
adjective [UK]/ɪˈlæb.ər.ət/
[US]/-ə˞-/
A
* containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts
精心计划（或制作）的；详尽的；复杂的

1. You want a plain blouse to go with that skirt - nothing too elaborate.
你应该用一件样式简单的衬衫来配那条裙子，不要样式太复杂的。

2. They're making the most elaborate preparations for the wedding.
他们正为婚礼做极为精心周到的准备。

3. He came out with such an elaborate excuse that I didn't quite believe him.
他突然说了那么一大套理由，搞得我不敢相信他。

verb [I] /ɪˈlæb.ə.reɪt/
slightly formal
* to add more information to or explain something that you have said
详尽说明；阐述

1. The minister said he was resigning, but refused to elaborate on his reasons for doing so.
部长说他将辞职，但拒绝详细说明原因。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - elaborate collapse

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The adjective is pronounced /ɪ'læbərət/. The verb is pronounced /ɪ'læbəreɪt/. 形容词读作/ɪ'læbərət/。动词读作/ɪ'læbəreɪt/。
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词复杂的 You use elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

  • ...an elaborate research project.

    复杂的研究计划

  • ...an elaborate ceremony that lasts for eight days.

    持续8天的繁琐典礼

2.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词（计划、系统、程序等）繁复的，详尽的，过于复杂的 Elaborate plans, systems, and procedures are complicated because they have been planned in very great detail, sometimes too much detail.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

  • ...elaborate efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem.

    最高层为了隐瞒问题而挖空心思

  • ...an elaborate management training scheme for graduates.

    针对毕业生的详尽的管理培训计划

elaborately

  • It was clearly an elaborately planned operation.

    那显然是一次精心策划的行动。

3.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词（衣服、布料等）精致的，精巧的，制作精美的 Elaborate clothing or material is made with a lot of detailed artistic designs.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

  • He is known for his elaborate costumes.

    他以着装精致而闻名。

elaborately

  • ...elaborately costumed dolls.

    装扮精美的玩具娃娃

4.VERB 动词精心制作;详细计划;进一步完善 If you elaborate a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective.

【语法信息】：V n

  • His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment.

    他的任务是制定详细政策，使得市场经济和清洁环境能够共存。

  • ...the plan elaborated by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

    由联合国安全理事会5个常任理事国详细制定的方案

elaboration

  • ...the elaboration of specific policies and mechanisms.

    具体政策和机制的详细规划

5.VERB 动词详细说明；详尽阐述 If you elaborate on something that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details.

【语法信息】：V on n

【语法信息】：V

  • A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday...

    发言人拒绝对昨天晚些时候发表的声明详加说明。

  • Would you care to elaborate?

    你愿意详细说明一下吗？

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - elaborate collapse

elaborate
elab·or·ate adjective / i5lAbErEt / [usually before noun]
   very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared and organized
   复杂的；详尽的；精心制作的:
   elaborate designs
   精心的设计
   She had prepared a very elaborate meal.
   她做了一顿精美的饭菜。
   an elaborate computer system
   精密的计算机系统
• elab·or·ate·ly adv.:
   an elaborately decorated room
   精心装饰的房间
• elab·or·ate·ness noun [U] verb / i5lAbEreit /
1. ~ (on / upon sth) to explain or describe sth in a more detailed way
   详尽阐述；详细描述:
  ▪ [V]
   He said he was resigning but did not elaborate on his reasons.
   他说他准备辞职但未详细说明原因。
  ▪ [VN]
   She went on to elaborate her argument.
   她进而详尽阐述了她的论点。
  ▪ [also V speech]
2. [VN] to develop a plan, an idea, etc. and make it complicated or detailed
   详细制订；精心制作:
   In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them.
   他在剧本里采用了一些简单的传统故事并进行了发挥。
• elab·or·ation / i7lAbE5reiFn / noun [U, C] :
   The importance of the plan needs no further elaboration.
   这个计划的重要性无须赘述。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - elaborate collapse

elaborate

I. verb

• ADVERB further This point will be ~d further in the next chapter. | at length | briefly Let me briefly ~ on this.

• VERB + ELABORATE attempt to, try to | refuse to

• PREPOSITION on, upon They refused to ~ on the reasons for their decision.

II. adj.

• VERBS be, look, seem, sound The plans looked very ~. | become

• ADVERB extremely, fairly, very, etc. | highly highly ~ carvings | increasingly

Elaborate is used with these nouns: ceremony, charade, costume, deception, decoration, design, dish, display, effect, funeral, hoax, lie, network, plan, precaution, preparation, pretence, ritual, ruse, scheme, story, structure, system, version

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - elaborate collapse

elaborate adj.
⇨ complex

新牛津英语同义词词典 - elaborate collapse

elaborate

adjective
1 an elaborate political system
COMPLICATED , detailed, intricate, complex, involved, tortuous, convoluted, serpentine, tangled, knotty, confusing, bewildering, baffling; painstaking, careful; inextricable, entangled, impenetrable, Byzantine, Daedalian, Gordian; rare involute, involuted.
-opposite(s): SIMPLE.

2 an elaborate plasterwork ceiling
ORNATE , decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy, over-elaborate, fussy, busy, ostentatious, extravagant, showy, baroque, rococo, florid, wedding-cake, gingerbread; informal flash, flashy.
-opposite(s): PLAIN.

verb
both sides refused to elaborate on their reasons
EXPAND ON , enlarge on, add to, flesh out, add flesh to, put flesh on the bones of, add detail to, expatiate on, supplement, reinforce, augment, extend, broaden, develop, fill out, embellish, enhance, amplify, refine, improve, polish, perfect.

词源记忆 - elaborate collapse

elaborate 详尽的
e-, 向外；-labor, 劳动，辛苦，词源同laboratory.