elaborate
adjective
uk/iˈlæb.ər.ət/us/iˈlæb.ɚ.ət/C2
containinga lot ofcarefuldetailor manydetailedparts:
精心计划（或制作）的；详尽的；复杂的Youwantaplainblouseto go with thatskirt- 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。
They're making the most elaboratepreparationsfor thewedding.他们正为婚礼做极为精心周到的准备。
He came out with such an elaborateexcusethat I didn'tquitebelievehim.他突然说了那么一大套理由，我不太相信他。
Synonym
detailed
- Thedancersleadingtheprocessionwere incolourfuland elaboratecostumes.
- She had a most elaboratehairdo, allpiledup ontopof herhead.
- I'dpreferasimpleclassicstyle- nothing too elaborate.
- She and herboyfriendcame up with an elaborateplantomurderherhusband.
- Thatseemsa very elaborate way ofrecordingtheinformation- do you really need all of thosedetails?
Complexity
- advanced
- all-singing
- baroque
- be more tosomethingthan meets the eyeidiom
- bleeding-edge
- delicacy
- high-tech
- indirectly
- insolubility
- intractability
- intricacy
- onerousness
- ornate
- ornately
- over-elaborate
- over-fussy
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- ultra-sophisticated
- wheels within wheelsidiom
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Detailed and careful
elaborate
verb[I]
formaluk/iˈlæb.ə.reɪt/us/iˈlæb.ə.reɪt/toaddmoreinformationto orexplainsomething that you have said:
详尽说明；阐述Thecongresswomansaid she wasresigning, butrefusedto elaborateonherreasonsfor doing so.这位国会女议员说她要辞职，但拒绝说明辞职的原因。
Synonym
expatiateformaldisapproving
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionism
- anti-reductionist
- broad brush
- broaden
- enlarge on/uponsomething
- expand
- expand onsomething
- expansively
- expansiveness
- overgeneralization
- overgeneralize
- oversimplification
- oversimplify
- predigested
- specificity
- specify
- split hairsidiom
- standardization
- standardize