elaboration

英 [ɪ,læbə'reɪʃən] 美 [ɪ,læbə'reʃən]
  • n. 苦心经营,精巧;详细阐述

英文词源


elaboration (n.)
1570s, in a physiological sense relating to tissue development, from Late Latin elaborationem (nominative elaboratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin elaborare "work out, produce by labor, endeavor, struggle," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + laborare "to labor" (see labor (v.)). Meaning "act of working out in great exactness and detail" is from 1610s.

双语例句


1. This point needs further elaboration.
这一论点有待进一步发挥.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. This point is self - evident and needs no elaboration.
含义自明,无须多说.

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3. The decoration has reached an extravagant degree of elaboration.
那装潢已精致到了奢华的地步.

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4. Socio - economic standing needs particular elaboration.
对社会经济状况需作详细说明.

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5. This project, the result of long elaboration, is the object of my present communication.
这个研究了很长时间的计划, 就是我今天报告的内容.

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