| 词汇 | expatiating |
| 释义 | expatiating present participle ofexpatiate 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. Following 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 over-elaboration overgeneralization overgeneralize oversimplification oversimplify simplify spec specification specificity specify Examples of expatiatingexpatiating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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 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 I suggest to him that there is an easier explanation of the phenomenon that he is expatiating upon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I spent a considerable time expatiating on the merits of forcing trade associations to register their rules. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will not take up time in expatiating on that question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been expatiating on the virtues of democracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard him expatiating here again to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He must not now start expatiating on the subject of boys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have listened to him expatiating on this many times. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been expatiating on a very disturbing feature of our national life, but the total situation is not wholly bad nor is it necessarily a result of bad will. 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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