| 单词 | elaborate |
| 释义 | elaborate Word forms: elaborates , elaborating , elaborated pronunciation note: The adjective is pronounced (ɪlæbərət ). The verb is pronounced (ɪlæbəreɪt ). 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts. ...an elaborate research project. ...an elaborate ceremony that lasts for eight days. Synonyms: complicated, detailed, studied, laboured 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Elaborate plans, systems, and procedures are complicated because they have been planned in very great detail, sometimes too much detail. ...elaborate efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem. ...an elaborate management training scheme for graduates. elaborately adverb It was clearly an elaborately planned operation. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Elaborate clothing or material is made with a lot of detailed artistic designs. He is known for his elaborate costumes. Synonyms: ornate, detailed, involved, complex elaborately adverb ...elaborately costumed dolls. 4. verb If you elaborate a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective. His task was to elaborate policies to make a market economy compatible with a clean environment. [VERB noun] ...the plan elaborated by the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. [VERB noun] Synonyms: develop, improve, enhance, polish elaboration (ɪlæbəreɪʃən ) uncountable noun ...the elaboration of specific policies and mechanisms. [+ of] 5. verb If you elaborate on something that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details. A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday. [VERB + on] Would you care to elaborate? [VERB] Synonyms: expand upon, extend upon, enlarge on, amplify upon Collocations: elaborate construction Described as a 'masterpiece', the 16-inch tall vase has an elaborate construction that allows one to look through perforations in the outer vase to view a smaller one inside. Times, Sunday Times Chin used nine planets of the solar system to launch this elaborate construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The elaborate construction seems to indicate a relatively modern design which could have been in an aristocratic situation - possibly part of a baroque garden or park. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Day nests tend to be simple aggregations of branches and leaves on the ground whilst night nests are more elaborate constructions in trees. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of the elaborate constructions on the rock summit and around it, including defensive structures, palaces, and gardens, date from this period. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mythological examples, standard features (topoi), and elaborate description all enhance his praise of his patrons' lives and possessions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He deliberately eschews elaborate description in favour of a fast-paced narrative and deft characterization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An elaborate description of the nation, using puns and plays on words relating to typography (such as sans-serif and names of common fonts), was reported as legitimate news. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unfortunately, in its place have come increasingly elaborate descriptions that sound impressive without imparting any information at all. Times, Sunday Times Her poetic language, elaborate descriptions, and symbolism really do place the otherwise clich themes on a higher level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Whether you go for a simple or elaborate design, just keep the base neutral and you'll be bang on trend. The Sun One elaborate design has a flowery hat, while another looks like a fan. The Sun For some reason being young at the moment means looking for the most elaborate design possible, when we all know it's much more stylish to keep things simple. Times, Sunday Times A substantial part of this success was due to the unusually ambitious and elaborate design of the show, which created a number of production challenges. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The elaborate design of the station was very well accepted by passengers from the beginning. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In return, he planned an elaborate hoax to seize hold of her entire fortune. Times, Sunday Times Of course, this could all have been an elaborate hoax on his part, designed to build up the hype. The Times Literary Supplement Elaborate hoax or amazing mind control? The Sun The plagiarism was so extensive, yet so cleverly manipulated into a coherent narrative, that some critics suspect an elaborate hoax or a literary experiment that deliberately invited exposure. Times, Sunday Times At first glance it seemed as if they were part of an elaborate hoax, on a par with crop circle pranks. Times, Sunday Times She explained that the tin foil helmets were an 'elaborate joke on the much-despised mainstream media'. Times, Sunday Times It's an elaborate joke that also possesses an almost poetic beauty - a good example of how this jovial, inventive company can both surprise and engage us. Times, Sunday Times So he was telling this long elaborate joke and just as he's about to deliver the punch line his boss cuts in and says it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The original version contained some rather elaborate jokes, which he feared would not translate very well. Times, Sunday Times Or are their cultural lives an elaborate lie, one, perhaps, they tell even themselves, to make the rest of us feel uncultured? Times, Sunday Times Do the really noble thing of making up an elaborate lie instead. Times, Sunday Times This tests whether, among those who peeked, they construct a more elaborate lie to cover their tracks. Times, Sunday Times I had no choice but to lead them astray and concoct elaborate lies. Times, Sunday Times His motives for relating such elaborate lies are, at best, fuzzy. Times, Sunday Times The ornate tower, clock face and elaborate mechanism were designed as a lavish display of the city's wealth in the 15th century. Times, Sunday Times A whole generation, now en route to the bariatric clinics, has forgotten how to work that elaborate mechanism. Times, Sunday Times You can see its bafflingly elaborate mechanism as you inch your way up the steep steps to the crenellated roof. Times, Sunday Times He designed an updated version of their instrument with a more elaborate mechanism and soundbracing system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Financial advisers sometimes come up with elaborate mechanisms to help their clients achieve 4 per cent while trying to minimise risk. Times, Sunday Times The kendhang player usually begins and ends on the ketipung and kendhang ageng, switching to more elaborate patterns on the medium-sized ciblon drum. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sutures are visible from the outside and often form complex and elaborate patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Small pieces of zari ribbon are applied onto the fabric with the edges sewn down to create elaborate patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To make more elaborate patterns, one can let this colour boundary drift from row to row, changing colours a few stitches earlier or later each time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When elaborate patterns or designs were to be woven manually, selecting the warp threads that were to be raised became a slow, complicated procedure that was subject to error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If she feels the same way, you don't need an elaborate plan and you won't need to find the 'perfect' moment. The Sun Cue elaborate plan to smuggle it through customs. Times, Sunday Times They develop an elaborate plan together to catch masses of ghosts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Compared to the simple qubba layout, its elaborate plan rendered this type exclusive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An even more elaborate plan was unveiled in 1917, which called for row houses, a central park, and a playground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An elaborate plot to raid a cash machine from below was foiled after workmen accidentally broke through the roof of the 12-metre tunnel. Times, Sunday Times But the elaborate plot collapsed. The Sun He then hatched a more elaborate plot that involved removing vital components from her parachute. Times, Sunday Times As in their preview, they gave praise to the action, gameplay, elaborate plot, and difficulty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He believed that the portrait dated from 1597, but had later been retouched as part of an elaborate plot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Increasingly elaborate preparations include pre-wedding portraits that, after location scouting, make-up, set design and costumes, can cost 10,000. Times, Sunday Times In spite of elaborate preparations (entertainingly described here), the hoax might well have failed through later carelessness had not certain popular notions been fixed in people's minds. The Times Literary Supplement Convention cities made elaborate preparations and tried to put on bigger spectacles than the previous hosts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some dances are performed at random, whereas there are others that needs elaborate preparations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But that doesn't mean you have to go overboard on elaborate presentation. Times, Sunday Times Writing memos and delivering elaborate presentations were considered a waste of valuable time. Times, Sunday Times The team has 5 hours and 35 minutes to prepare two elaborate presentations, a meat dish and a fish dish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So why the elaborate ritual of affecting raised hopes and high excitement as his inauguration approaches? Times, Sunday Times It was an elaborate ritual, polishing his shoes, ironing his shirt, choosing his tie. Times, Sunday Times Geophysical surveys show signs of a complex wood henge, with nine concentric wooden circles, pillars and platforms, suggesting elaborate ritual. Times,Sunday Times It had a very elaborate ritual. Times, Sunday Times Now, this elaborate ritual of denial has been passed on to the next generation. Times, Sunday Times Only, as a jury concluded in a 10-2 majority verdict 14 months later, this was an elaborate ruse. Times,Sunday Times Gradually the aliens lure the pockets of survivors throughout the country to snow-free zones as part of an elaborate ruse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's clearly just an elaborate ruse to drum up publicity and rewrite the book value of all his other work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pranks and elaborate ruses were major elements of his career. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 19th century, elaborate ruses would be concocted to get the gullible to lend things on this day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her elaborate scam went undetected for more than two years before she handed herself in. The Sun I thought that someone with the ability to come up with such an elaborate scam should do well as a contemporary artist. Times, Sunday Times But then, in a staggeringly heartless act, one of them conned the other of her life savings in an elaborate scam, complete with painstakingly forged documents. The Sun Inventing a complex and elaborate scam, the episodes final positioning in the series was testament to its effectiveness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of all, it was a lot of fun, with unpredictable plots and elaborate scams that always kept viewers guessing. The Sun It was merely an elaborate scheme to defraud its customers. Times, Sunday Times A small group used an elaborate scheme of invoices and accounts to defraud sports organisations out of charity money. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were one more part of his elaborate scheme to obstruct the investigation of the crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the stolen car only proves to be the first step in a more elaborate scheme. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They establish an elaborate scheme to fix the legitimate state lottery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An elaborate set of export incentives and import deterrents - with the use of tariff surcharges to keep out imports, rather than direct controls. Times, Sunday Times The production involved an elaborate set that he would not have had time to learn to perform on. Times, Sunday Times So begins a series of elaborate set pieces, including unusual burglaries, theatrical con tricks and a final grand-scale ruse. Times, Sunday Times His piece boasts the most elaborate set. Times, Sunday Times Elaborate set pieces involving secret caves, quicksand and giant creepy crawlies? The Sun These all had to be buried in a fairly special and elaborate structure. Times, Sunday Times Both games depend on a code of sportsmanship: it only takes a handful of unsporting traitors, playing by illegal rules, to undermine the entire, elaborate structure. Times, Sunday Times And maybe this explains its elaborate structure. Times, Sunday Times In larger villages, the chaupal may be an elaborate structure that also doubles as a community guesthouse (or mehmaan khana). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1890, a more elaborate structure with sleeping rooms and a second floor was built. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He even created an elaborate theory in order to justify this belief and make it respectable. The Times Literary Supplement Mortified that their hero might not know his parsec from his elbow, diehard fans online have concocted elaborate theories to justify his claim. Times, Sunday Times Others had more elaborate theories. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He reveals remarkable powers of perception in heredity, in understanding the mechanism by which species developed, even in immunology, but no fully elaborated theory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 复杂的 Japanese: 複雑な |
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