expound

Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

ex‧pound/ɪkˈspaʊnd/ verb [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
[date : 1200-1300; Language : Old French; Origin : espondre, from Latin exponere; ⇨ expose]
formal to explain or talk about something in detail
expound on
　 ▪ She’s always expounding on the latest dogmas of feminism.

verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
theory
▪ The Division of Labor expounds Durkheim's theory about the development of specialized work in society.
▪ The example in terms of which he expounds his Cartesian theory of perception is that of eating manna.
▪ He expounded his theory in two further papers but suffered a severe mental breakdown in May 1859.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Generals resumed expounding their views on political and economic affairs.
▪ Here in re-printed lectures and essays, he expounds his creed.
▪ She expounded the Scriptures to her nuns, she will expound them now to her disciples.
▪ These ideas were expounded to mass audiences.
▪ Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule.
▪ Your doctor today will tell you what Pott's Disease is and will probably delight in expounding upon Pott's Fracture.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  set forth, exposit, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, enlarge, flesh out, expand, dilate
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce