• adj. 精心制作的；詳盡的；煞費苦心的
• vt. 精心制作；詳細闡述；從簡單成分合成（復(fù)雜有機物）
• vi. 詳細描述；變復(fù)雜

e-, 向外。-labor, 勞動，辛苦，詞源同laboratory.

elaborate

elaborate: [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus, the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English labour). The notion of ‘painstaking work’ had passed by the early 17th century into ‘extreme detail’.
=> labour

elaborate (adj.)

1590s, "wrought by labor," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to exert oneself" (see elaboration). Meaning "very detailed" is from 1620s, via notion of "produced with great care and attention to detail." Related: elaborateness.

elaborate (v.)

c. 1600, "to build up from simple elements," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to labor, endeavor, struggle, work out" (see elaboration). Meaning "to work out in detail" is attested from 1610s. Related: Elaborated; elaborating.

1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.

為了防止有人跟蹤我，我特地繞了彎路。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Elaborate efforts were made to reconstruct what had happened.

為重現(xiàn)當時的情景，他們做了大量細致的工作。

來自柯林斯例句

3. According to the prosecution, the officers manufactured an elaborate story.

根據(jù)控方意見，官員們精心編造了事情經(jīng)過。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.

她的孩子們的生日聚會在街坊四鄰里是最好、最講究的。

來自柯林斯例句

5. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.

我不明白，他為什么要大費周章，裝腔作勢。

來自柯林斯例句