elaborate是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts -- 精心計劃（或製作）的；詳盡的；複雜的

  • You want a plain blouse to go with that skirt - nothing too elaborate. 你應該用一件樣式簡單的襯衫來配那條裙子，不要樣式太複雜的。

  • They're making the most elaborate preparations for the wedding. 他們正爲婚禮做極爲精心周到的準備。

  • He came out with such an elaborate excuse that I didn't quite believe him. 他突然說了那麽一大套理由，我不太相信他。

• 1 to add more information to or explain something that you have said -- 詳盡說明；闡述

  • The congresswoman said she was resigning, but refused to elaborate on her reasons for doing so. 這位國會女議員說她要辭職，但拒絕說明辭職的原因。