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/。
- ADJ-GRADED 复杂的
You use elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts.
- ...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
- ADJ-GRADED (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.
- ...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
- ADJ-GRADED (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.
- He is known for his elaborate costumes.
他以着装精致而闻名。
- VERB 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.
- 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
- VERB 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.
- 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?