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单词 expatiate
释义
expatiate
verb[I]
formaldisapproving
uk
/ekˈspeɪ.ʃi.eɪt/us
/ekˈspeɪ.ʃi.eɪt/
tospeakor write about something ingreatdetailor for alongtime:
长篇大论；赘述；详述
She expatiatedon/uponherworkfor thedurationof themeal.饭桌上她一直在滔滔不绝地谈她的工作。
Synonyms
elaborateformal
expoundformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
  • abstract
  • anti-reductionism
  • anti-reductionist
  • broad brush
  • broaden
  • enlarge
  • enlarge on/uponsomething
  • expand
  • expand onsomething
  • expansively
  • overgeneralization
  • overgeneralize
  • oversimplification
  • oversimplify
  • predigested
  • specificity
  • specify
  • split hairsidiom
  • standardization
  • standardize
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(Definition ofexpatiatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpatiate

expatiate
And their qualities were sometimes expatiated without as much reservation.
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Geometry background for the rigid body motion and force wrench is not expatiated repeatedly for the length consideration.
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A party might, however, say very little about unemployment andexpatiategreatly on the evils of inflation, implying that all other considerations should be subordinated to fighting this problem.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is perhaps worth expatiating slightly on the episode of the village hall.
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But my function this evening is not toexpatiateon my own personal opinions but to try to sum up the debate.
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One could, of course,expatiateat great length, but here are the chapter headings.
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I cannotexpatiateon alternative measures which can be taken, but they are available.
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I was only trying toexpatiateupon the principles.
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I shall notexpatiateon that, although it is the most outstanding feature that this selection should be made for this remission of taxation.
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I do not want toexpatiateabout the word "substantial" as applied to rats and mice.
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It is not necessary for me toexpatiateon the effect of shells passing immediately overhead.
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We are familiar with them, and many of us have expatiated upon them.
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He could no doubtexpatiateat length on the technicalities, but that is not a route that we shall go down tonight.
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I couldexpatiatea little longer on that aspect.
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I will this afternoon begin by expatiating at large upon the canons of financial orthodoxy.
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