英语词汇“expatiate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

expatiateexpatiate /ɛkˈspeɪʃiˌeɪt/ verb

ETYMOLOGYexpatiate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin exspatiatus, past paticiple of exspatiari to wander freely, from spatium space

VERB TABLE

expatiate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	expatiate
	he, she, it	expatiates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	expatiated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have expatiated
	he, she, it	has expatiated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had expatiated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will expatiate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have expatiated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am expatiating
	he, she, it	is expatiating
	you, we, they	are expatiating
Past	I, he, she, it	was expatiating
	you, we, they	were expatiating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been expatiating
	he, she, it	has been expatiating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been expatiating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be expatiating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been expatiating

expatiate on/upon something phrasal verb formal to speak or write in detail about a particular subject: Bill likes to expatiate on the benefits of a free market economy.