elaboration

i.læbә'reiʃәn

GRE

n. developing in intricate and painstaking detail

n. 苦心经营, 精巧
[计] 确立

12,056

BNC 频率

13,692

使用频率

elaboration 由词根 labor（工作）和前缀 e-（向外）及后缀 -ation（名词后缀）组成，整体意思是“工作向外扩展”，即对某个主题进行详细的说明或阐述。

例句

1. The teacher asked for more elaboration on the student's project.

老师要求学生对他的项目做更多的详细说明。

2. His speech lacked elaboration, making it hard to understand his main points.

他的演讲缺乏详细说明，使得很难理解他的主要观点。

3. The author provided an elaboration of her ideas in the introduction of the book.

作者在书的引言中详细阐述了她的想法。