(v) explain in details, See Also: give an exposition, elucidate, clarify, expound, Example:ผมแจงสี่เบี้ยให้เขาฟังถึงความรับผิดชอบของข้าราชการ, Thai Definition:อธิบายละเอียดชัดแจ้ง
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Expounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Expounding. ] [ OE. exponen, expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out, expose, expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE. expondre, expondre. See Position. ] 1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He expounded both his pockets. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle. [ 1913 Webster ]
Expound this matter more fully to me. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]
(v) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing, Syn. expand, expound, enlarge, lucubrate, exposit, dilate, flesh out, expatiate, Ant. contract, Example:She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
[敷衍, fū yǎnㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ] to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by#17528