英语词汇“expatiate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

单词	expatiate
释义	ex·pa·ti·ate \ekˈspāshēˌāt, ik-, usu -ād.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin expatiatus, exspatiatus, past participle of expatiari, exspatiari to wander from the course, digress, from ex- ex- (I) + spatiari to take a walk, from spatium space, walk, course — more at speed *intransitive verb* 1. : to move about freely or at will : wander < fetters to be snapped asunder in order that the human spirit might expatiate at liberty — Irving Babbitt > 2. : to speak or write at length or in considerable detail : elaborate, enlarge — usually used with on or upon < his knowledge of the country enabled him to expatiate with fluency on the strategical situation — C.S.Forester > < the promoter of the raffle … was expatiating upon the value of the fabric — Thomas Hardy > *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : expand, spread < princes expatiate their dominions — Thomas Adams > 2. obsolete : to allow (oneself) to expatiate < an oration wherein he expatiated himself in his praises for the nobility — William Cave > Synonyms: see discourse
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