elaboration

名词 elaboration:

1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
   同义词：amplification
2. the result of improving something
   同义词：refinement
3. a discussion that provides additional information
   同义词：expansion, enlargement
4. marked by elaborately complex detail
   同义词：elaborateness, intricacy, involution
5. developing in intricate and painstaking detail
   同义词：working out

1. The elaborations of the plot made it a difficult book to read.
   这本书因内容节外生枝而很难懂。