elaborate

英 [?'l?b(?)r?t] 美[?'l?b?ret]

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第三人稱單數:?elaborates;過去式:?elaborated;過去分詞:?elaborated;現在分詞:?elaborating;副詞:?elaborately;名詞:?elaborateness;? elaboration;

1. e‐出，通過勞動出來的。

elaborate 詳盡的

e-, 向外。-labor, 勞動，辛苦，詞源同laboratory.

elaborate: elaborate: [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus, the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English labour). The notion of ‘painstaking work’ had passed by the early 17th century into ‘extreme detail’.
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elaborate (adj.): 1590s, "wrought by labor," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to exert oneself" (see elaboration). Meaning "very detailed" is from 1620s, via notion of "produced with great care and attention to detail." Related: elaborateness.
elaborate (v.): c. 1600, "to build up from simple elements," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to labor, endeavor, struggle, work out" (see elaboration). Meaning "to work out in detail" is attested from 1610s. Related: Elaborated; elaborating.

1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.: 為了防止有人跟蹤我，我特地繞了彎路。

2. Elaborate efforts were made to reconstruct what had happened.: 為重現當時的情景，他們做了大量細致的工作。

3. According to the prosecution, the officers manufactured an elaborate story.: 根據控方意見，官員們精心編造了事情經過。

4. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.: 她的孩子們的生日聚會在街坊四鄰里是最好、最講究的。

5. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.: 我不明白，他為什么要大費周章，裝腔作勢。