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ADJ-GRADED
復雜的
You use elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts.
例句
...an elaborate research project.
復雜的研究計劃
...an elaborate ceremony that lasts for eight days.
持續8天的繁瑣典禮
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ADJ-GRADED
（計劃、系統、程序等）繁復的，詳盡的，過于復雜的
Elaborate plans, systems, and procedures are complicated because they have been planned in very great detail, sometimes too much detail.
例句
...elaborate efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem.
最高層為了隱瞞問題而挖空心思
...an elaborate management training scheme for graduates.
針對畢業生的詳盡的管理培訓計劃
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ADJ-GRADED
（衣服、布料等）精致的，精巧的，制作精美的
Elaborate clothing or material is made with a lot of detailed artistic designs.
例句
He is known for his elaborate costumes.
他以著裝精致而聞名。
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VERB
精心制作;詳細計劃;進一步完善
If you elaborate a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective.
例句
His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment.
他的任務是制定詳細政策，使得市場經濟和清潔環境能夠共存。
...the plan elaborated by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
由聯合國安全理事會5個常任理事國詳細制定的方案
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VERB
詳細說明；詳盡闡述
If you elaborate on something that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details.
例句
A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday...
發言人拒絕對昨天晚些時候發表的聲明詳加說明。
Would you care to elaborate?
你愿意詳細說明一下嗎？