| 单词 | expound |
| 释义 | ex·pound transitive verb 1. a. < expounds his conviction that the economic outlook is brightening > < expounding a philosophy from which she shrank — William McFee > < expounding to the literate but uninformed some of the mysteries of economics — Quincy Howe > < it's the personality of the teacher that counts, far more than the topic he expounds — R.B.Merriman > < expounded with distinguished precision the difference between an extinct and an extirpated bird — Edmund Wilson > b. < welcomed … the suggestions of a union with the Church of England, which some … clergymen in the two churches expounded because of an alleged similarity in spirit and ritual — R.C.Wood > 2. < expounded to his monks … the religious significance of … the Song of Songs — G.C.Sellery > < spent much of his time expounding the conflict between Christianity and Communism — Current Biography > < used to take me riding before breakfast and expound my shortcomings — John Buchan > < expound a law > intransitive verb 1. < when executives expound on the subject their views coincide remarkably — W.H.Whyte > < expound on the many good reasons for getting to know Great Britain — Richard Joseph > < sportsmen will expound for hours on their observations — G.J.Knudsen > 2. < you speak of the time assigned … I … would like you to expound — O.W.Holmes †1935 > |
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