enlarge on/upon something

phrasal verbphr v formal DETAILto provide more information about something you have already mentioned 详述，细说

Mrs Maughan did not enlarge on what she meant.

莫恩夫人并未细说她是什么意思。

Examples from the Corpus

enlarge on/upon • To enlarge on an Emerson statement mentioned earlier: the organization is only half itself; the other half is its expression.• Each album benefited from and enlarged on an understanding of the others.• And neither Aunt Maggie nor Uncle Cedric nor even Amy had enlarged on him.• If the hon. Gentleman wants to table a question or write to me, I shall be glad to enlarge upon that.• He did not explain nor enlarge upon the story.• He has enlarged on these in a privately circulated note.• A later chapter will seek to enlarge upon this.• Mabel sat, vastly patient, waiting to see if he was going to enlarge upon this.

→ enlarge on/upon something at enlarge(1)

单词	enlarge on/upon something
释义	enlarge on/upon something enlarge on/upon something phrasal verbphr v formal DETAILto provide more information about something you have already mentioned 详述，细说 Mrs Maughan did not enlarge on what she meant. 莫恩夫人并未细说她是什么意思。 Examples from the Corpus enlarge on/upon • To enlarge on an Emerson statement mentioned earlier: the organization is only half itself; the other half is its expression.• Each album benefited from and enlarged on an understanding of the others.• And neither Aunt Maggie nor Uncle Cedric nor even Amy had enlarged on him.• If the hon. Gentleman wants to table a question or write to me, I shall be glad to enlarge upon that.• He did not explain nor enlarge upon the story.• He has enlarged on these in a privately circulated note.• A later chapter will seek to enlarge upon this.• Mabel sat, vastly patient, waiting to see if he was going to enlarge upon this. → enlarge on/upon something at enlarge(1)
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