1570s, in a physiological sense relating to tissue development, from Late Latin elaborationem (nominative elaboratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin elaborare "work out, produce by labor, endeavor, struggle," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + laborare "to labor" (see labor (v.)). Meaning "act of working out in great exactness and detail" is from 1610s.
雙語例句
1. This point needs further elaboration.
這一論點(diǎn)有待進(jìn)一步發(fā)揮.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. This point is self - evident and needs no elaboration.
含義自明,無須多說.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. The decoration has reached an extravagant degree of elaboration.