| 单词 | elaboration |
| 释义 | elaboration (once / 3816 pages) n Elaboration means "adding details." Kids are famous for answering "good" when asked how school was and "nothing" when asked what they did there. If pressed for elaboration, they might talk about recess, lunch, and even what they learned. Elaboration is the result of going that extra mile, such as when your history teacher asks for five paragraphs on the Fall of Rome, and you write three pages, or when your friend, instead of giving you a regular birthday card, creates a mini-scrapbook with photos and mementos from the past year. As you can see, elaboration takes time and energy because you go into greater detail than usual. WORD FAMILYelaboration: elaborations+/elaborate: elaborated, elaborately, elaborateness, elaborates, elaborating, elaboration, inelaborate, unelaborate/elaborated: unelaborated/unelaborate: unelaborately USAGE EXAMPLESIf Harwood’s prototype at the school was the Wright brothers’ first biplane, this immense scaled-up elaboration of it was a spaceship in drydock. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) He said the aircraft was technically cleared to fly, adding without elaboration: “Apparently, it seems it was an accident.” Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) Yet it is unclear if or when the White House will follow through on the elaboration its Democratic allies seek. The Guardian(Dec 07, 2016) 1n developing in intricate and painstaking detail Syn|Hyper working out development the act of improving by expanding, enlarging, or refining 2n addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail an elaboration of the sketch followed Syn|Hyper amplification expanding upon, expansion adding information or detail 3n a discussion that provides additional information Syn|Hypo|Hyper enlargement, expansion expatiation a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail embellishment, embroideryelaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail discourse, discussion, treatment an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic 4n the result of improving something Syn|Hyper refinement advance, betterment, improvement a change for the better; progress in development 5n the quality of being marked by elaborately complex detail Syn|Hyper elaborateness, intricacy, involution complexity, complexness the quality of being intricate and compounded |
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