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expatiate

/ik-spey-shee-eyt/US // ɪkˈspeɪ ʃiˌeɪt //UK // (ɪkˈspeɪʃɪˌeɪt) //

夸大其词,阐释,夸大其辞,阐释一下

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ex·pa·ti·at·ed, ex·pa·ti·at·ing.

    • : to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion: to expatiate upon a theme.
    • : Archaic. to move or wander about intellectually, imaginatively, etc., without restraint.

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Examples

  • Mourdock was not the only Republican candidate to expatiate on the subject of rape.

  • In the East, imagination is at liberty to expatiate on past grandeur, wisdom, and politeness.

  • As to the comparison between the two ladies, I will expatiate more on that subject, (for I like it,) when I have had them both.

  • Mrs. Evelyn let John expatiate on her daughter's heroism till steps were heard approaching, and his aunt knocked at the door.

  • But we must not expatiate on its effects; we must only give a little attention to the means by which they are achieved.

  • I'll warrant ye, the Sergeant no' troubled himself to expatiate on the renown of the country where his regiment was raised?