She concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.
她精心编造了解释她不在场的一些谎言。
They used elaborate secret codes, as when the names of trees stood for letters.
他们用的是精心设计的密码，用树木的名称代表字母。
His new play, Arcadia, is as intricate, elaborate and allusive as anything he has yet written.
他的新剧本《阿卡狄亚》是他迄今为止创作的最错综复杂、煞费苦心和让人琢磨不定的。
All this has been demonstrated in elaborate experiments.
所有这些都在精心设计的实验中得到了证明。
Scaffoldings were about, everywhere, and swarms of workmen; for the church was undergoing elaborate repairs.
到处都是棚架和成群的工人，因为教堂正在进行精心的修缮。
At the beginning, the pupils put solutions to the homework on the board, then the teachers comment, correct or elaborate as necessary.
一开始，小学生们将家庭作业的答案写在黑板上，随后老师评论、纠正，或在必要时详细解释。
Five studios, "The Big Five", worked to achieve vertical integration through the late 1940s, owning vast real estate on which to construct elaborate sets.
五个工作室——“五大”，在1940年代后期完成了纵向整合，拥有了面积广大的地产，并在其之上建造了精心准备的设备。
They were no longer a series of small bands but lived in a large community with more elaborate social organization, probably grouped into clans of people of common descent.
他们不再是一些小群体，而是居住在一个大型的社会中，有更加复杂精细的社会组织，可能是以拥有共同的祖先的氏族来划分群体。
For the purposes of social life, in addition to the convention about harvest-time, a most elaborate code of honour has been established and is on the whole faithfully observed.
为了社会生活目的，除了关于收获季节的惯例外，还制定了一套最详尽的荣誉准则，而且总体上是需要严格遵守的。
Because great numbers of people go there, the islanders have built elaborate resorts, developed harbors and airfields, improved the beaches and have expanded sea and air routes.
由于很多人去那里，岛民们建造了精心设计的度假村，开发了港口和机场，改善了海滩，并扩展了海路和空路航线。
In the early 1100s a church building method was developed that reduced the stress on the walls so more space could be used for window openings allowing for large and quite elaborate window designs.
在公元1100年代早期，人们发明了一种建造教堂的方法，这种方法可以减少墙体的压力，这样就有更多的空间可以用来开窗户，就可以有更大、更精细的窗户设计。
I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.
我想知道为什么他做出了那么夸张的假样子。
In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
我特意绕了一圈，以防有人跟踪。
He said he was resigning but did not elaborate on his reasons.
他说他准备辞职但未详细说明原因。
A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday.
发言人拒绝对昨天晚些时候发表的一份声明作出更多说明。
The elaborate facade contrasts strongly with the severity of the interior.
精致的门面同室内的简朴形成强烈反差。
His task was to elaborate policies that would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment.
他的任务是周密地制定能够让市场经济适合于无污染的环境的政策。
Elaborate precautions were taken to prevent the foraging team using odour clues.
为了防止觅食队伍利用气味线索，他们采取了周密的预防措施。
The elaborate chandelier over this table proclaims it as the hub of the household.
这张桌子上精致的枝形吊灯宣告它是家庭的中心。
I wouldn't be surprised if as the rules have become more elaborate, prices have risen.
如果价格随着规则变得更加复杂而上涨，我也不会感到意外。
Though we have elaborate plans, our determination would still melt away without actions.
尽管我们做了周密的计划，但是不行动起来的话我们的决心也会慢慢消失。
But I wouldn't be surprised if as the rules have become more elaborate, prices have risen.
但如果价格随着规则变得更加复杂而上涨，我也不会感到意外。
Second, provide learners with opportunities to explain and elaborate on what they're doing.
第二，为学习者提供机会解释并详细说明他们正在做的事。
Others are more elaborate, with long stepped passages leading to the water via several storeys.
其他的井设计更加精巧，长长的台阶延伸好几层然后到达水源处。
Like animals, humans evolved with an elaborate mechanism for processing information about potential threats.
和动物一样，人类进化出了一套复杂的机制，来处理有关潜在威胁的信息。
It has a quality that is different from Humbert's elaborate world view through which we see or don't see Lolita.
它有一种不同于亨伯特的精制世界观的特质，通过它，我们可能见或不见到洛丽塔。
When I talk about cooking, I'm not talking about creating elaborate dinner parties or three-day science projects.
当我谈论烹饪时，我并不是在谈论制作精美的晚宴或是为期三天的科学项目。
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