expound
verb [transitive, intransitive] (formal)to explain something by talking about it in detail 详解；详述；阐述 - expound something (to somebody)
He expounded his views on the subject to me at great length. 他详细地向我阐述了他在这个问题上的观点。 the theory of language expounded by Chomsky 乔姆斯基的语言理论 She expounded her theory further in the course of her talk. 她在发言中进一步详述了她的理论。 These ideas were originally expounded by Plato. 这些思想最初是由柏拉图阐述的。 - expound on something
We listened as she expounded on the government's new policies. 我们听她详细讲解了政府的新政策。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExpound is used with these nouns as the object:- doctrine
- idea
- view
- …
Word OriginMiddle English expoune (in the sense ‘explain (what is difficult)’): from Old French espon-, present tense stem of espondre, from Latin exponere ‘expose, publish, explain’, from ex- ‘out’ + ponere ‘put’. The origin of the final -d (recorded from the Middle English period) is uncertain (compare with compound, propound).- expound something (to somebody)