Definition of expound in English:

expound

verb ɛkˈspaʊndɪkˈspaʊndɪkˈspaʊnd

[with object]

1Present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail.
详述，阐述；说明，讲解（理论，观点）
he was expounding a powerful argument
他在阐述一个有力的论点。
no object he declined to expound on his decision
他拒绝就他的决定做出说明。
Example sentencesExamples
- First, it is suggested that successive attempts to expound a Marxian theory of nature have see-sawed between naturalistic and social constructionist positions.
- They also need to expound at length, to present their evidence and make their best argument.
- Nardini wholeheartedly expounds the idea that those in the public eye are obliged to raise the profile of organisations who struggle to avert major crises.
- If Bruce expounds such views with a defiant gleam of vindication, it's understandable.
- As well as his tours he published various essays expounding his ideas and methods.
- The task of studying, clarifying, and expounding doctrines is typically the responsibility of a literate, educated élite.
- He used it as an opportunity to expound the idea of flexible integration.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau expounded the idea that government rested on a social contract.
- The Realist movement expounded the idea that art should rebel against the traditional historical, mythological and religious subjects in favour of unidealised scenes of modern life.
- Apparently, he expounds virtues and morals yet he has little to none.
- They wanted me to expound on this topic because I had some decent ideas on the subject.
- Liberalism's virtues are expounded with elegance, and at times a rather terse satirical cut.
- Writing a monthly column usually means expounding on a single topic.
- Over the next 30 years he contributed 78 papers to international journals, many of them expounding his own theory of molecular attraction.
- Harry loved to talk and could expound eloquently on just about any topic.
- Perhaps he will expound at greater length on the relationships among art, artists, and politics.
- Nichols and Duffy expound at length about these influences from the Enlightenment.
- In 1877, he expounded his theories on British prehistoric peoples in the book British Barrows written jointly with the famous barrow-opener William Greenwell.
- I liked his recent article in the newspaper, expounding the theory of ‘Narrative Politics’.
- The Thomas Merton Center expounds a Buddhist pacifist philosophy, along with advocating nonviolent protests and civil disobedience.
Synonyms
present, put forward, set forth, proffer, offer, advance, propose, propound, frame, give an account of, recount
explain, give an explanation of, detail, spell out, describe, discuss, explicate, delineate, elucidate
elaborate on, expand on, expatiate on, dwell on, harp on, discuss at length
1. 1.1 Explain the meaning of (a literary or doctrinal work)
  解释（文学作品，教义作品）的意思
  the abbess expounded the scriptures to her nuns
  女修道院院长向修女们讲解了经文。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In most cases the parables of later Jewish teachers were used to illustrate or expound Scripture.
  The task of studying, clarifying, and expounding doctrines is typically the responsibility of a literate, educated élite.
  He argues that the exegetical work of the church has always had an interest in relevance, in practical application, as it expounds texts and doctrines.
  Constantly new commentaries are coming out to try and expound the meaning of scripture.
  These two Greek-speakers proceeded to expound the Scriptures and the Greek Fathers to the Anglo-Saxons in a distinctively eastern mode, giving pride of place to rhetoric.
  Authors customarily used the commentary format not only to expound the works of Aristotle, but also as a vehicle for original philosophical theorizing.
  The commentator must know the whole of Aristotle in order that, having first proved that Aristotle is consistent with himself, he may expound Aristotle's works by means of Aristotle's works.
  But Harding finds that, in expounding that literal text and the lives of its prominent interpreters, they are constantly creating new truth.
  At the papal curia he was asked to expound the doctrine of the Latin church at a meeting with representatives of the Greek church.
  The word ‘master’ meant a theologian who could expound the Scriptures.
  If, then, we are to expound Scripture rightly, we must study it.
  The whole of it was profoundly congenial, and the opening of the chapter on Nicene Orthodoxy, which expounds creatio ex nihilo and its implications for the doctrine of contemplation, was a revelation.
  It is amazing for a person who later expounded the doctrine of maximum efficiency to have accomplished such a feat.
  We note when historical figures expound the meaning of Scripture in ways that are consistent with the biblical text, and times when they do not.
  Synonyms
  explain, interpret, explicate, elucidate
  comment on, give a commentary on, annotate, gloss, illustrate

Derivatives

expounder

noun ɪkˈspaʊndəɛkˈspaʊndəɪkˈspaʊndər

The most just exposition of the sacred texts, and relation of them to the issues and causes of the parish, gave the expounder a right to judge and to minister to spiritual needs.
Example sentencesExamples
- Its expounders view the market-led development strategy as a means of achieving prosperity.
- Playfair earned for himself a high reputation in at least three branches of pure science, not primarily as a discoverer but rather as an expounder of theories.
- O'Gorman was one of the principal expounders of functionalist architecture in Mexico.
- He's an unwitting folklorist, a collector and expounder of hipster philosophy, barroom trivia, and pseudoscience.

Origin

Middle 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.

Rhymes

abound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound

Definition of expound in US English:

expound

verbikˈspoundɪkˈspaʊnd

[with object]

1Present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail.
详述，阐述；说明，讲解（理论，观点）
he was expounding a powerful argument
他在阐述一个有力的论点。
no object he declined to expound on his decision
他拒绝就他的决定做出说明。
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1877, he expounded his theories on British prehistoric peoples in the book British Barrows written jointly with the famous barrow-opener William Greenwell.
- Nichols and Duffy expound at length about these influences from the Enlightenment.
- Nardini wholeheartedly expounds the idea that those in the public eye are obliged to raise the profile of organisations who struggle to avert major crises.
- Apparently, he expounds virtues and morals yet he has little to none.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau expounded the idea that government rested on a social contract.
- They also need to expound at length, to present their evidence and make their best argument.
- Harry loved to talk and could expound eloquently on just about any topic.
- They wanted me to expound on this topic because I had some decent ideas on the subject.
- Perhaps he will expound at greater length on the relationships among art, artists, and politics.
- As well as his tours he published various essays expounding his ideas and methods.
- If Bruce expounds such views with a defiant gleam of vindication, it's understandable.
- Liberalism's virtues are expounded with elegance, and at times a rather terse satirical cut.
- The Realist movement expounded the idea that art should rebel against the traditional historical, mythological and religious subjects in favour of unidealised scenes of modern life.
- Writing a monthly column usually means expounding on a single topic.
- The task of studying, clarifying, and expounding doctrines is typically the responsibility of a literate, educated élite.
- The Thomas Merton Center expounds a Buddhist pacifist philosophy, along with advocating nonviolent protests and civil disobedience.
- Over the next 30 years he contributed 78 papers to international journals, many of them expounding his own theory of molecular attraction.
- I liked his recent article in the newspaper, expounding the theory of ‘Narrative Politics’.
- He used it as an opportunity to expound the idea of flexible integration.
- First, it is suggested that successive attempts to expound a Marxian theory of nature have see-sawed between naturalistic and social constructionist positions.
Synonyms
present, put forward, set forth, proffer, offer, advance, propose, propound, frame, give an account of, recount
elaborate on, expand on, expatiate on, dwell on, harp on, discuss at length
1. 1.1 Explain the meaning of (a literary or doctrinal work)
  解释（文学作品，教义作品）的意思
  the abbess expounded the scriptures to her nuns
  女修道院院长向修女们讲解了经文。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The whole of it was profoundly congenial, and the opening of the chapter on Nicene Orthodoxy, which expounds creatio ex nihilo and its implications for the doctrine of contemplation, was a revelation.
  The task of studying, clarifying, and expounding doctrines is typically the responsibility of a literate, educated élite.
  In most cases the parables of later Jewish teachers were used to illustrate or expound Scripture.
  He argues that the exegetical work of the church has always had an interest in relevance, in practical application, as it expounds texts and doctrines.
  The word ‘master’ meant a theologian who could expound the Scriptures.
  But Harding finds that, in expounding that literal text and the lives of its prominent interpreters, they are constantly creating new truth.
  At the papal curia he was asked to expound the doctrine of the Latin church at a meeting with representatives of the Greek church.
  If, then, we are to expound Scripture rightly, we must study it.
  The commentator must know the whole of Aristotle in order that, having first proved that Aristotle is consistent with himself, he may expound Aristotle's works by means of Aristotle's works.
  We note when historical figures expound the meaning of Scripture in ways that are consistent with the biblical text, and times when they do not.
  It is amazing for a person who later expounded the doctrine of maximum efficiency to have accomplished such a feat.
  Authors customarily used the commentary format not only to expound the works of Aristotle, but also as a vehicle for original philosophical theorizing.
  Constantly new commentaries are coming out to try and expound the meaning of scripture.
  These two Greek-speakers proceeded to expound the Scriptures and the Greek Fathers to the Anglo-Saxons in a distinctively eastern mode, giving pride of place to rhetoric.
  Synonyms
  explain, interpret, explicate, elucidate

Origin

Middle 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.

词汇	expound
释义	Definition of expound in English: expound verb ɛkˈspaʊndɪkˈspaʊndɪkˈspaʊnd [with object] 1Present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail. 详述，阐述；说明，讲解（理论，观点） he was expounding a powerful argument 他在阐述一个有力的论点。 no object he declined to expound on his decision 他拒绝就他的决定做出说明。 Example sentencesExamples First, it is suggested that successive attempts to expound a Marxian theory of nature have see-sawed between naturalistic and social constructionist positions. They also need to expound at length, to present their evidence and make their best argument. Nardini wholeheartedly expounds the idea that those in the public eye are obliged to raise the profile of organisations who struggle to avert major crises. If Bruce expounds such views with a defiant gleam of vindication, it's understandable. As well as his tours he published various essays expounding his ideas and methods. The task of studying, clarifying, and expounding doctrines is typically the responsibility of a literate, educated élite. He used it as an opportunity to expound the idea of flexible integration. Jean Jacques Rousseau expounded the idea that government rested on a social contract. The Realist movement expounded the idea that art should rebel against the traditional historical, mythological and religious subjects in favour of unidealised scenes of modern life. Apparently, he expounds virtues and morals yet he has little to none. They wanted me to expound on this topic because I had some decent ideas on the subject. Liberalism's virtues are expounded with elegance, and at times a rather terse satirical cut. Writing a monthly column usually means expounding on a single topic. Over the next 30 years he contributed 78 papers to international journals, many of them expounding his own theory of molecular attraction. Harry loved to talk and could expound eloquently on just about any topic. Perhaps he will expound at greater length on the relationships among art, artists, and politics. Nichols and Duffy expound at length about these influences from the Enlightenment. In 1877, he expounded his theories on British prehistoric peoples in the book British Barrows written jointly with the famous barrow-opener William Greenwell. I liked his recent article in the newspaper, expounding the theory of ‘Narrative Politics’. The Thomas Merton Center expounds a Buddhist pacifist philosophy, along with advocating nonviolent protests and civil disobedience. Synonyms present, put forward, set forth, proffer, offer, advance, propose, propound, frame, give an account of, recount explain, give an explanation of, detail, spell out, describe, discuss, explicate, delineate, elucidate elaborate on, expand on, expatiate on, dwell on, harp on, discuss at length 1.1 Explain the meaning of (a literary or doctrinal work) 解释（文学作品，教义作品）的意思 the abbess expounded the scriptures to her nuns 女修道院院长向修女们讲解了经文。 Example sentencesExamples In most cases the parables of later Jewish teachers were used to illustrate or expound Scripture. The task of studying, clarifying, and expounding doctrines is typically the responsibility of a literate, educated élite. He argues that the exegetical work of the church has always had an interest in relevance, in practical application, as it expounds texts and doctrines. Constantly new commentaries are coming out to try and expound the meaning of scripture. These two Greek-speakers proceeded to expound the Scriptures and the Greek Fathers to the Anglo-Saxons in a distinctively eastern mode, giving pride of place to rhetoric. Authors customarily used the commentary format not only to expound the works of Aristotle, but also as a vehicle for original philosophical theorizing. The commentator must know the whole of Aristotle in order that, having first proved that Aristotle is consistent with himself, he may expound Aristotle's works by means of Aristotle's works. But Harding finds that, in expounding that literal text and the lives of its prominent interpreters, they are constantly creating new truth. At the papal curia he was asked to expound the doctrine of the Latin church at a meeting with representatives of the Greek church. The word ‘master’ meant a theologian who could expound the Scriptures. If, then, we are to expound Scripture rightly, we must study it. The whole of it was profoundly congenial, and the opening of the chapter on Nicene Orthodoxy, which expounds creatio ex nihilo and its implications for the doctrine of contemplation, was a revelation. It is amazing for a person who later expounded the doctrine of maximum efficiency to have accomplished such a feat. We note when historical figures expound the meaning of Scripture in ways that are consistent with the biblical text, and times when they do not. Synonyms explain, interpret, explicate, elucidate comment on, give a commentary on, annotate, gloss, illustrate Derivatives expounder noun ɪkˈspaʊndəɛkˈspaʊndəɪkˈspaʊndər The most just exposition of the sacred texts, and relation of them to the issues and causes of the parish, gave the expounder a right to judge and to minister to spiritual needs. Example sentencesExamples Its expounders view the market-led development strategy as a means of achieving prosperity. Playfair earned for himself a high reputation in at least three branches of pure science, not primarily as a discoverer but rather as an expounder of theories. O'Gorman was one of the principal expounders of functionalist architecture in Mexico. He's an unwitting folklorist, a collector and expounder of hipster philosophy, barroom trivia, and pseudoscience. Origin Middle 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. Rhymes abound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound Definition of expound in US English: expound verbikˈspoundɪkˈspaʊnd [with object] 1Present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail. 详述，阐述；说明，讲解（理论，观点） he was expounding a powerful argument 他在阐述一个有力的论点。 no object he declined to expound on his decision 他拒绝就他的决定做出说明。 Example sentencesExamples In 1877, he expounded his theories on British prehistoric peoples in the book British Barrows written jointly with the famous barrow-opener William Greenwell. Nichols and Duffy expound at length about these influences from the Enlightenment. Nardini wholeheartedly expounds the idea that those in the public eye are obliged to raise the profile of organisations who struggle to avert major crises. Apparently, he expounds virtues and morals yet he has little to none. Jean Jacques Rousseau expounded the idea that government rested on a social contract. They also need to expound at length, to present their evidence and make their best argument. Harry loved to talk and could expound eloquently on just about any topic. They wanted me to expound on this topic because I had some decent ideas on the subject. Perhaps he will expound at greater length on the relationships among art, artists, and politics. As well as his tours he published various essays expounding his ideas and methods. If Bruce expounds such views with a defiant gleam of vindication, it's understandable. Liberalism's virtues are expounded with elegance, and at times a rather terse satirical cut. The Realist movement expounded the idea that art should rebel against the traditional historical, mythological and religious subjects in favour of unidealised scenes of modern life. Writing a monthly column usually means expounding on a single topic. The task of studying, clarifying, and expounding doctrines is typically the responsibility of a literate, educated élite. The Thomas Merton Center expounds a Buddhist pacifist philosophy, along with advocating nonviolent protests and civil disobedience. Over the next 30 years he contributed 78 papers to international journals, many of them expounding his own theory of molecular attraction. I liked his recent article in the newspaper, expounding the theory of ‘Narrative Politics’. He used it as an opportunity to expound the idea of flexible integration. First, it is suggested that successive attempts to expound a Marxian theory of nature have see-sawed between naturalistic and social constructionist positions. Synonyms present, put forward, set forth, proffer, offer, advance, propose, propound, frame, give an account of, recount elaborate on, expand on, expatiate on, dwell on, harp on, discuss at length 1.1 Explain the meaning of (a literary or doctrinal work) 解释（文学作品，教义作品）的意思 the abbess expounded the scriptures to her nuns 女修道院院长向修女们讲解了经文。 Example sentencesExamples The whole of it was profoundly congenial, and the opening of the chapter on Nicene Orthodoxy, which expounds creatio ex nihilo and its implications for the doctrine of contemplation, was a revelation. The task of studying, clarifying, and expounding doctrines is typically the responsibility of a literate, educated élite. In most cases the parables of later Jewish teachers were used to illustrate or expound Scripture. He argues that the exegetical work of the church has always had an interest in relevance, in practical application, as it expounds texts and doctrines. The word ‘master’ meant a theologian who could expound the Scriptures. But Harding finds that, in expounding that literal text and the lives of its prominent interpreters, they are constantly creating new truth. At the papal curia he was asked to expound the doctrine of the Latin church at a meeting with representatives of the Greek church. If, then, we are to expound Scripture rightly, we must study it. The commentator must know the whole of Aristotle in order that, having first proved that Aristotle is consistent with himself, he may expound Aristotle's works by means of Aristotle's works. We note when historical figures expound the meaning of Scripture in ways that are consistent with the biblical text, and times when they do not. It is amazing for a person who later expounded the doctrine of maximum efficiency to have accomplished such a feat. Authors customarily used the commentary format not only to expound the works of Aristotle, but also as a vehicle for original philosophical theorizing. Constantly new commentaries are coming out to try and expound the meaning of scripture. These two Greek-speakers proceeded to expound the Scriptures and the Greek Fathers to the Anglo-Saxons in a distinctively eastern mode, giving pride of place to rhetoric. Synonyms explain, interpret, explicate, elucidate Origin Middle 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.
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