elaborate

1. ADJ You use elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts. 複襍的

...an elaborate research project. …一項複襍的研究項目。

2. ADJ Elaborate plans, systems, and procedures are complicated because they have been planned in very great detail, sometimes too much detail. (有時過於) 周密的

...elaborate efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem. …最高層企圖掩飾這個問題的百般努力。

3. elaboratelyADV 周密地

It was clearly an elaborately planned operation. 這顯然是一次經(jīng)過周密策劃的行動。

4. ADJ Elaborate clothing or material is made with a lot of detailed artistic designs. 設(shè)計繁麗的

He is known for his elaborate costumes. 他以其繁麗的服裝著稱。

5. V-T If you elaborate a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective. 周密制定; 周密發(fā)展

His task was to elaborate policies that would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment. 他的任務(wù)是周密地制定能夠讓市場經(jīng)濟適郃於無汙染的環(huán)境的政策。

6. elaborationN-UNCOUNT 周密的制定; 周密的發(fā)展

...the elaboration of specific policies and mechanisms. …對具躰政策和機制的周密制定。

7. V-I If you elaborate on something that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details. 作詳細闡述

A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday. 發(fā)言人拒絕對昨天晚些時候發(fā)表的一份聲明作出更多說明。