add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
\\\"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation\\\"
state;
\\\"set forth one\\\'s reasons\\\"
造句
用作動(dòng)詞(v.)
Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation. 法律如果沒(méi)有法院來(lái)詳細(xì)說(shuō)明和解釋其真正意義和作用，就是一紙空文。
He has an hour to expound his views to the public. 他有一小時(shí)可以向大眾闡述他的觀點(diǎn)。
Secondly, I expound the trend and reason for the administration legislates. 其次，闡述了行政立法的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)及成因。
Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation. 法律如果沒(méi)有法院來(lái)詳細(xì)說(shuō)明和解釋其真正意義和作用，就是一紙空文。
He even stops at one moment to expound on a business book that looks at the roles of Newtonian physics and chaos theory in corporations. 他有時(shí)候甚至?xí)Ｏ聛?lái)，對(duì)一本探討牛頓物理學(xué)和混沌理論在企業(yè)中作用的商業(yè)書籍詳加解釋。
常用短語(yǔ)
He expounded at length the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas.