elaborate

• adj.精巧に；詳細に；丹念に
• vt.単純な成分から（複雑な有機物質を）合成する。
• vi.詳しく説明する；複雑にする

e-、外へ。-labor、労働、労苦、語源的にはlaboratoryと同じ。

elaborate

elaborate: [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus, the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English labour). The notion of ‘painstaking work’ had passed by the early 17th century into ‘extreme detail’.
=> labour

elaborate (adj.)

1590s, "wrought by labor," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to exert oneself" (see elaboration). Meaning "very detailed" is from 1620s, via notion of "produced with great care and attention to detail." Related: elaborateness.

elaborate (v.)

c. 1600, "to build up from simple elements," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to labor, endeavor, struggle, work out" (see elaboration). Meaning "to work out in detail" is attested from 1610s. Related: Elaborated; elaborating.

1. In case anyone was following me，I made an elaborate detour.

誰かが私を尾行しないように、私はわざわざ回り道をしました。

2. Elaborate efforts were made to reconstruct what had happened.

当時の姿を再現するために、彼らは非常に繊細な仕事をした。

3.According to the prosecution，the officers manufactured an elaborate story.

管理者の意見に基づいて、役人たちは慎重に経緯をでっち上げた。

4.Her children had the best,most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.彼女の子供たちの誕生日パーティーは近所で一番、凝っている。

5.I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.

彼がなぜ周章を費やし、気取っているのか分からない。