adj (1) 详细的;精致的(very detailed; complicated)：～directions 详细的指示; a play with～scenery and costumes 戏的场景和服装都很精致; make an～study of sth 仔细研究某事物; work out an～scheme of sth 为某事制定详尽的计划;Her skirt was decorated with～embroidery. 她的裙子点缀着精致的绣花图案。〖同〗 complex，complicated; 〖反〗 simple，plain;

(2) 精心制作(准备)的，煞费苦心的 (carefully made or planned)：～preparations for the festivities 为庆祝活动做精心的准备; He made～plans for his daughter's wedding. 他为准备女儿的婚礼而煞费苦心。This is one of her～designs. 这是她精心设计的方案之一。Her designs are always very～. 她的设计一向都很精心。You kept paying me～compliments the whole evening. 你整个晚上都在对我说你那些精心准备的赞美之辞。〖同〗painstaking，laboured，perfected; 〖反〗 simple，plain;

→e′laborately adv 精心地;e′laborateness n 精心;

v (1) 精心制作(准备);详细论述(work out or describe in detail) [T+n] (fml)：～one's proposal/one's theory 详细阐述某人的提议/理论; The inventor spent months in～ing his plan for a new engine. 那个发明家费时数月精心设计一种新型发动机。〖同〗expand，particularize，specify; 〖反〗 abbreviate，summarize;

(2) 详谈，作详尽阐述(talk in detail about sth) [I，I+prep(on/upon)]：I need not～further (on what I said). 我没有必要(就我的话)作进一步说明了。The witness was asked to～on one of his statements. 要求那个证人就他的一项声明作详细说明。After receiving only a brief answer to our question，we asked him to～. 在接到他对我们问题的简短答复之后，我们要他作出详细的解释。〖同〗specify，clarify; 〖反〗 abbreviate，summarize;

→ e′laborator n 精心制作者;

【辨异】elaborate，laboured和studied都指精心做出来的。elaborate 强调对细节的注意以及计划的精密，如：elaborate plans for a wedding (为婚礼所做的精心准备);labored 指事情做得过分费力或勉强，如：a laboured excuse (非常勉强的借口);studied则暗示有计划和故意做出的，如：studied politeness (故作礼貌)。