精緻化された
解説 Definition
elaborated は elaborate(詳しく述べる、精緻にする)の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞としては、元の考えや設計に細部が加えられ、より精緻化された状態を表します。
Elaborated describes an idea, plan, or design that has been developed by adding further detail, explanation, or complexity. It is also the past tense and past participle of elaborate in the sense of expanding or refining something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
elaborated は elaborate「詳しく述べる、細部を加える」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、末尾は /ɪd/ と発音します。labor「労力」と結び付け、手間をかけて案や設計に詳細を足した像で記憶。形容詞では an elaborated plan のように「元より精緻化された」状態を表しますが、一般には detailed や fully developed もよく使われます。
Relate elaborated to elaborate and to labor, “work.” The image is of work being invested in a basic idea until it contains more detail and structure. The form is elaborate plus -ed, and because the verb ends in /t/, the ending is pronounced /ɪd/. An elaborated plan or design has been expanded beyond its first simple version. In everyday English, detailed, expanded, or fully developed may sound more natural as attributive adjectives, while elaborated is especially clear when the sentence shows who added the details.
例文
The elaborated plan included a detailed schedule.
精緻化された計画には詳しい日程が含まれていました。
Her elaborated design was easier to understand than the first sketch.
彼女の精緻化されたデザインは、最初のスケッチより理解しやすいものでした。
The team reviewed the elaborated proposal before the meeting.
チームは会議の前に精緻化された提案を確認しました。
elaborated の類義語・関連語
elaborated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 ēlabōrāre(苦心して作り上げる)が起源。ex-(外へ)+ labōrāre(働く、労する)の構成で「労力を注いで仕上げる」が原義。関連語:labor(労働)、elaborate(精巧な)。手間をかけて細部まで作り込むイメージから「精緻化された」の意味に。
Elaborated is the past tense and past participle of elaborate, formed with -ed. Elaborate comes from Latin elaborare, “to work out or produce by labor,” combining ex-, conveying outward or thorough development, with laborare, “to work.” The historical core is careful work brought to completion. From this developed the English verbal sense of adding detail or explanation and the related idea of making something more intricate or fully developed.
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