elaborate
US: /ɪˈɫæbɝˌeɪt/, /ɪˈɫæbɹət/
English Vietnamese dictionary
elaborate /i'læbərit/
- tính từ
- phức tạp
- an elaborate machine-tool: một máy công cụ phức tạp
- tỉ mỉ, kỹ lưỡng, công phu; trau chuốt, tinh vi
- an elaborate investigation: một cuộc điều tra tỉ mỉ
- elaborate style: văn trau chuốt
- an elaborate work of art: một tác phẩm nghệ thuật tinh vi
- phức tạp
- ngoại động từ
- thảo tỉ mỉ, thảo kỹ lưỡng, sửa soạn công phu; làm công phu, trau chuốt (văn); dựng lên
- to elaborate a theory: dựng lên một lý thuyết
- (sinh vật học) chế tạo ra, sản ra
- thảo tỉ mỉ, thảo kỹ lưỡng, sửa soạn công phu; làm công phu, trau chuốt (văn); dựng lên
- nội động từ
- nói thêm, cho thêm chi tiết
- to on a problem: nói thêm về một vấn đề, cho thêm chi tiết về một vấn đề
- trở thành tỉ mỉ; trở thành tinh vi
- nói thêm, cho thêm chi tiết
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, verb
+ adjective [usually before noun] very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared and organized: elaborate designs / decorations + She had prepared a very elaborate meal. + an elaborate computer system
elaborately adverb: an elaborately decorated room
+ verb
1 ~ (on / upon sth) to explain or describe sth in a more detailed way: [V] He said he was resigning but did not elaborate on his reasons. + [VN] She went on to elaborate her argument. [also V speech]
2 [VN] to develop a plan, an idea, etc. and make it complicated or detailed: In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them.
elaboration noun [U, C]: the elaboration of an idea / a theory + The importance of the plan needs no further elaboration.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 detailed, painstaking, meticulous, punctilious, comprehensive, thorough, complete, exhaustive, intricate, involved, minute, precise, exact:
The escape had been worked out in elaborate detail.
2 complicated, complex, convoluted, ornate, fancy, Byzantine, laborious, laboured, extravagant, showy; ornamented, decorated, baroque, rococo, busy, fussy, gingerbread:
We marvelled at the elaborate mosaics. His plan is too elaborate and should be simplified.
v.
3 ornament, decorate, complicate, embellish, garnish, adorn:
Later craftsmen elaborated the earlier Greek motifs.
4 enlarge, expand (upon or on), expatiate, develop, cultivate, flesh out, enhance, refine, enrich, improve, better, ameliorate, emend, polish:
Later on, I shall elaborate on the recruitment methods we used.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, look, seem, sound
The plans looked very elaborate.
| become
ADV.
exceptionally, extremely, highly, very
highly elaborate carvings
| increasingly | fairly, quite, rather
ADV.
further
This point will be elaborated further in the next chapter.
| at length
VERB + ELABORATE
attempt to, try to | refuse to
PREP.
on/upon
They refused to elaborate on the reasons for their decision.
Concise English dictionary
elaborates|elaborated|elaboratingɪ'læbərət
verb
+add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
+produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
+make more complex, intricate, or richer
+work out in detail
adj.
+marked by complexity and richness of detail
+developed or executed with care and in minute detail
