/ɪˈlæbərət/1
- involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning精巧的; 复杂的; 详尽的; 精心设计（或制作）的：
elaborate security precautions
详尽的安全防范措施
elaborate wrought-iron gates.
精巧的熟铁门。
1.1
- (of an action) lengthy and exaggerated（行动）煞费苦心的：
he made an elaborate pretence of yawning.
他煞费苦心地假装打了一个哈欠。
/ɪˈlæbəreɪt/
1
- with obj. develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in detail详尽阐述（理论, 政策, 体系）：
the key idea of the book is expressed in the title and elaborated in the text.
该书的中心思想在书名中得到了表达并在正文中得到了详尽的阐述。
1.1
- no obj. add more detail concerning what has already been said详尽阐述：
he would not elaborate on his news.
他不会详谈有关他的消息。
2
- with obj. Biology (of a natural agency) produce (a substance) from its elements or simpler constituents【生】（自然作用）使简单成分合成为（某种物质）。
派生词
elaborately
adverbelaborateness
nounelaboration
nounelaborative
adjectiveelaborator
noun词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense 'produced by effort of labour', also in sense 2 of the verb）： from Latin elaborat-'worked out', from the verb elaborare, from e- （variant of ex-） 'out' + labor 'work'.