| 词汇 | expatiate |
| 释义 | expatiate verb[ I ] formaldisapprovinguk /ekˈspeɪ.ʃi.eɪt/ us /ekˈspeɪ.ʃi.eɪt/ to speak or write about something in great detail or for a long time: 长篇大论；赘述；详述 expatiate onShe expatiated on her work for the duration of the meal. expatiate uponformalFollowing this lecture, his merits were expatiated upon in several leading newspapers. Synonyms elaborateformal expoundformal Elaborating, specifying and simplifying abstract anti-reductionism anti-reductionist broad brush broaden enlarge enlarge on/upon something expand expand on something expansively overgeneralization overgeneralize oversimplification oversimplify particularization spec specification specificity specify split hairsidiom Examples of expatiateexpatiate And their qualities were sometimes expatiated without as much reservation. Geometry background for the rigid body motion and force wrench is not expatiated repeatedly for the length consideration. A party might, however, say very little about unemployment and expatiate greatly on the evils of inflation, implying that all other considerations should be subordinated to fighting this problem. It is perhaps worth expatiating slightly on the episode of the village hall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But my function this evening is not to expatiate on my own personal opinions but to try to sum up the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One could, of course, expatiate at great length, but here are the chapter headings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot expatiate on alternative measures which can be taken, but they are available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was only trying to expatiate upon the principles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not expatiate on that, although it is the most outstanding feature that this selection should be made for this remission of taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to expatiate about the word "substantial" as applied to rats and mice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not necessary for me to expatiate on the effect of shells passing immediately overhead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are familiar with them, and many of us have expatiated upon them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He could no doubt expatiate at length on the technicalities, but that is not a route that we shall go down tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I could expatiate a little longer on that aspect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will this afternoon begin by expatiating at large upon the canons of financial orthodoxy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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