elaborate on/upon
“详述”、“详说”。 elaborate
也可用作形容词表示“详细
的”。
1) You made reference to
your new program the other day. Would you mind
elaborating on some of the details for us?
那天你提到你的新计划，你是否详细向我们谈一些细节?
2）He said that he was
resigning but did not elaborate upon his reasons.
他说他准备辞职，但未详细说明原因。
3）Though questioned
repeatedly, the spokesman refused to elaborate on the
results of the investigation.
尽管一再有人提问，发言人拒绝细说这次调查结果。
4）Clinton declined to
elaborate on her assertion that every possible channel
with
the North Koreans was being used.
克林顿不愿意说明她所说的与北朝鲜接触的可能渠道是哪些渠道。
5) You should summit to
us an elaborate explanation to the accident.
关于这次事故，你应该给我们一个详细解释。
6）Peter worked out an
elaborate scheme for raising money for a new house.
彼得想出了为购买新房筹措资金的详细计划。
dwell on/upon “详述”、“细想”，可指说、写、想得太多。
1) He produced an old
gold coin from the pocket and dwelt on the age, rarity and
value
of the huge coin.
他从口袋里掏一枚古老的金币, 详述这枚大金币的年代、稀有和价值。
2）She did not dwell on
the details of the matter.
她没有多讲事情的细节.
3）Don’t dwell on the
matter too much, but dismiss it from your mind.
不要老去想这件事，从你的头脑它抛开。
4）She must not dwell on
all that had gone but think of what is happening at the
present time.
她不应该沉湎于过去的往事，而应该多想想眼前发生的一切。
in detail
at length
at large
这三个短语都可表示“详细地”“全面地”、“充分地”的意思，区别不大，可以换用。in detail
使用最普通，侧重于具体细节；at length和at large侧重于全面。
1) Though the professor
explained the point in detail, many students still
couldn't understand it.
尽管这位教授详细地讲解了这一点,但许多学生仍然不理解。
2）We discuss each of
these steps in detail in the following sections.
下面几节中我们将详细讨论这些步骤。
3) He didn’t have enough
time today to go into it at length, but he gave us
a
general idea about his plan.
今天他没有足够的时间详细说明,但他大致给我们谈了谈他的计划。
4）But he did not talk at
length about the matter, because he did not consider it
a
particularly important question.
但他没有详细谈这件事,因为他认为这不是一个特别重要的问题。
5）The design for the
building is subject to some change in entering on the
details of the work at large.
大楼的设计在全面审查时还会作一些修改。
6）Your program to expand
the scope of sales is shceduled to be discussed at
large
at the next board meeting.
定于在下次董事局会议详细讨论你提出的关于扩大销售范围的提案
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