Shakespeare's plays are often elaborately annotated to make them easier to understand.是什么意思？

Shakespeare's plays are often elaborately annotated to make them easier to understand.

莎士比亚剧本往往注释详尽,便于理解.

plays

v. 演奏( play的第三人称单数 )，演出，参加比赛，捉弄；

例句
Back home, Shirley plays with, feeds and bathes the baby.
回到家里，雪莉逗宝宝玩耍，喂他吃饭，给他洗澡。

are

vi. （用于第二人称单复数现在时，第一、三人称复数现在时）是；n. 公亩（等于100平方米）；

例句
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我们不敢放纵自己的情感，以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。

often

adv. 常常，经常，时常，再三；

例句
Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.
相对于母本DNA,基因畸变往往更多地与父本DNA上的缺陷相关。

elaborately

adv. 苦心经营地，精巧地，精心；

例句
It was clearly an elaborately planned operation.
那显然是一次精心策划的行动。

annotated

v. 注解，注释( annotate的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
...an annotated bibliography.
附有注释的参考书目

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

make

vt. 做，制造，生产，制定，使成为，使产生；vi. 开始，尝试，行进，增大；n. 制造，生产量，性格，形状，样式；

例句
I can't abide people who can't make up their minds...
我受不了优柔寡断的人。

them

pron. 他们，她们，它们；

例句
I take care of them to the best of my abilities...
我尽我所能地照顾他们。

easier

adj. 不费力的( easy的比较级 )，宽松的，宽裕的，从容的；

例句
It's easier to take a taxi. But then again you can't always get one...
打出租车要容易些，但也并不总是能打到的。

understand

vt.& vi. 懂，理解；vt. 了解，默认，听说，领会；

例句
Another accusation levelled at the Minister is that he does not understand ordinary people...
另一个矛头则直指部长不懂得体恤百姓。