expound
[ik'spaund]
vt. 详, 解释

vi. 详, 解释

[] 详述, 述, 解释

1. He expounded the reasons why he did it.
   阐述做件。
2. Our teacher expounded his views on education to me at great length.
   老师详讲述教育点。
3. The cameraman uses camera to expound life.
   摄影师摄影阐释活。

expound
[ verb ]

1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

<verb.communication> dilate elaborate enlarge expand expatiate exposit flesh out lucubrate
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation

2. state

<verb.communication> exposit set forth
set forth one's reasons

Expound \Ex*pound"\ ([e^]ks*pound"), 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.]

He expounded both his pockets. --Hudibras.

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.

Expound this matter more fully to me. --Bunyan.