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Word | Expatiate |
Chinese Meaning | 阐述 |
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of; She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation / to speak or write in great detail, to elaborate on / To range at large, or without restraint. / talk at length / speak or write at length or in detail. / to speak or write about something in a way that includes a lot of details or uses many words, | |
Usage | ⇒ At this time, please give us a brief résumé of your work; we shall permit you to expatiate later. ⇒ the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment ⇒ she expatiated on working-class novelists ⇒ John expatiated on the subject at some length |
Synonyms | expand, enlarge, dilate, elaborate, discourse, amplify, expound, develop, flesh out, discuss, exposit, lucubrate, descant, ramble, rant, recite, spout, sermonize, speak, declaim, |
Antonyms | contract, abbreviate, abridge, amputate, boil down, circumscribe, compress, condense, curtail, cut down, epitomize, languish, reduce, retrench, sum up, summarize, |
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