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基本釋義

v.
擴(kuò)大; 發(fā)展; 詳細(xì)闡明

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

The new system expanded the role of family doctors.

新體制擴(kuò)大了家庭醫(yī)生的作用。

牛津詞典

There are no plans to expand the local airport.

目前尚無(wú)擴(kuò)建地方機(jī)場(chǎng)的方案。

牛津詞典

We've expanded the business by opening two more stores.

我們?cè)鲩_(kāi)了兩個(gè)商店以擴(kuò)展業(yè)務(wù)。

牛津詞典

an expanding economy (= with more businesses starting and growing)

不斷發(fā)展的經(jīng)濟(jì)

牛津詞典

I repeated the question and waited for her to expand.

我把問(wèn)題重復(fù)了一遍,等著她詳細(xì)回答。

牛津詞典

Could you expand on that point, please?

請(qǐng)你把這一點(diǎn)詳細(xì)說(shuō)明一下好嗎?

牛津詞典

In breathing the chest muscles expand the rib cage and allow air to be sucked into the lungs.

呼吸時(shí)胸部肌肉使胸廓擴(kuò)大讓空氣吸入肺部。

牛津詞典

The waist expands to fit all sizes.

腰圍可松可緊適合任何尺碼。

牛津詞典

Metals expand when they are heated.

金屬受熱會(huì)膨脹。

牛津詞典

Student numbers are expanding rapidly.

學(xué)生人數(shù)在迅速增加。

牛津詞典

A child's vocabulary expands through reading.

孩子的詞匯量通過(guò)閱讀得到擴(kuò)大。

牛津詞典

Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected...

工程師注意到管道并沒(méi)有如預(yù)期那樣膨脹。

The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to September...

截至9月,當(dāng)年的貨幣供應(yīng)增加了14.6%。

The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century...

到19世紀(jì)中期,大眾制陶業(yè)得到了發(fā)展。

The interest rate's coming down. I'll be able to expand or stay in business...

利率正在降低,我可以擴(kuò)大公司或者維持經(jīng)營(yíng)。

In the course of development, gradually expand their own and development capabilities and and development institutions.

公司在發(fā)展過(guò)程中, 逐步壯大自身的研發(fā)能力和研發(fā)機(jī)構(gòu).

期刊摘選

Your prosperity can expand America's prosperity.

你們的繁榮能夠擴(kuò)大美國(guó)的繁榮.

期刊摘選

Rational and effective measures will be taken to expand education loans remarkably.

采取合理有效的措施,促進(jìn)國(guó)家助學(xué)貸款大幅度增加.

期刊摘選

Click the plus sign to expand the list of templates, select a template, and click New.

單擊加號(hào)展開(kāi)模板列表, 選擇一個(gè)模板, 然后單擊“新建”.

期刊摘選

Plans to expand the ATC and CCTV systems to other new towns are continuing.

至于把區(qū)域交通控制系統(tǒng)和閉路電視攝影機(jī)系統(tǒng)擴(kuò)展至其他新巿鎮(zhèn)的計(jì)劃,也會(huì)繼續(xù)進(jìn)行.

期刊摘選

That's inspired local businesses to expand and outsiders to look for weekend retreats.

這推動(dòng)了本地企業(yè)的發(fā)展,也讓外地游客得以周末來(lái)這里休閑.

期刊摘選

His success emboldened him to expand his business.

他有了成就因而激發(fā)他進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)展業(yè)務(wù).

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Metals expand when they are heated.

金屬受了熱就會(huì)膨脹.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine.

許多花瓣在陽(yáng)光下開(kāi)放.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

真題例句

Britons have cut their spending on itits prices have gone up over the yearsits quality has seen marked improvementBritons have developed the habit of savingIt will expand in time.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

It gradually expands with age.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

When a group of craftsmen expands to include more members, a small craft organization is formed.

出自-2016年12月聽(tīng)力原文

Unfortunately, that comfort can hinder the very learning that can expand your company and your career.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

It will help your company expand more rapidly.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

It wants to expand its storage of crude oil.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

To expand its scope of business.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

Learn: Expand your boundaries.

出自-2010年12月閱讀原文

Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

When that restaurant became very busy, I decided to expand my business.

出自-2011年6月聽(tīng)力原文

As a result, the museum plans to expand the hall, as well as add to its ancient birds collection.

2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽(tīng)力 Section A

That feeling echoes the beliefs of the Therapeutic Food Pantry program at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, which completed its pilot phase and is about to expand on an ongoing basis to five clinic sites throughout the city.

2018年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

The problem is growing as the population of the state continues to expand.

2018年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

2016年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Travelling is a great way to expand your world view, although it can be expensive.

2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section C

Unfortunately, that comfort can hinder the very learning that can expand your company and your career.

2015年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Testing innovations do no good unless the good experiments are identified and expanded and the bad ones are dropped.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Today's battery breakthroughs come as the world looks to expand modern energy access to the billion or so people without it, while also cutting back on fuels that warm the planet.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

The wireless age is expanding to include not just our phones, tablets, and laptops, but also our cars, homes, and even whole communities.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Nations are also pressing ahead with space research and satellite projects to expand their global navigation abilities.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is expanding its monitoring stations for Glonass, its version of the Global Positioning System .

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States maintains three year-round stations on the continent with more than 1,000 people during the southern hemisphere's summer, including those at the Amundsen-Scott station, built in 1956 at an elevation of 9,301 feet on a plateau at the South Pole.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

It is highly important to expand the metropolitan areas.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

The space dreamers end up benefiting all of us—not just because of the way they expand human knowledge, or because of the spin-off technologies they produce, but because the two types of dreams feed off each other.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

But Bowman's supporters argue that Monsanto is trying to expand the scope of patents in ways that would enrich big corporations and hurt small farmers

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

Expanding the three-year option may be difficult, but it may be less difficult than asking Congress for additional financial help, asking legislators for more state support, or asking students even higher tuition payments.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

As Santiago de la Mora, head of Google Books for Europe, puts it: "By making it possible to search the millions of books that exist today, we hope?to expand the frontiers of human knowledge.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Prices are good, crowds are fewer and the dividends like expanded worldview, lifelong memories, the satisfaction of boosting the global economy—can't be easily snatched away.

出自-2011年6月聽(tīng)力原文

As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States maintains three year-round stations on the continent with more than 1,000 people during the southern hemisphere's summer, including those at the Amundsen-Scott station, built in 1956 at

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

But after General mills bought Epic in 2016, Collins and Forrest suddenly had the resources they needed to expand their supply chain.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

By offering services to help expand the longevity of their products, they're promising quality and durability to consumers and receiving the reputational gains for being environmentally friendly.

2019年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

fish have a refuge in the streams and can expand into the lagoons when the lake is low and the lagoons are separate, Harper said All the lagoons join when the lake is high and fish must retreat to their stream refuges or die.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

I look forward to seeing researchers expand our understanding of the issue so we can translate it into effective education and policy.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

Soon, our current smartphone lifestyle will expand to create our own smart home lifestyle too.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Today's battery breakthroughs come as the world looks to expand modern energy access to the billion or so people without it, while also cutting back on fuels that warm the planet.

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

You then have more opportunities to expand your professional network than if you worked alone.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽(tīng)力 Section C

As their world expanded, she said, children compared themselves to others online in a way that was "hugely damaging in terms of their self-identity, in terms of their confidence, but also in terms of their ability to develop themselves".

2018年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

For example, people volunteer to express personal values related to unselfishness, to expand their range of experiences, and to strengthen social relationships.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

It could be expanded across the tube network in coming years.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)安徽卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

But what will be the nature of that difference? Merely expanding the orchestra’s repertoire will not be enough.

出自-2011年考研閱讀原文

Besides generating income, the presence of other marketers makes the site seem objective, gives companies opportunities to learn valuable information about the appeal of other companies’ marketing, and may help expand user traffic for all companies concerned.

出自-2011年考研閱讀原文

But even as the number of English speakers expands further there are signs that the global predominance of the language may fade within the foreseeable future.

出自-2017年考研翻譯原文

As the international education market expands, the recent slowdown in the number of international students studying in the main English-speaking countries is likely to continue, especially if there are no effective strategic policies to prevent such slippage.

出自-2017年考研翻譯原文

Taxes on low-wage labor need to be cut, and wage subsidies such as the earned income tax credit should be expanded: This would boost incomes, encourage work, reward companies for job creation, and reduce inequality.

出自-2018年考研閱讀原文

Besides generating income, the presence of other marketers makes the site seem objective, gives companies opportunities to learn valuable information about the appeal of other companies' marketing, and may help expand user traffic for all companies concer

2011年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

But in addition to those trusted coworkers, you should expand your horizons and find out about all the people around you.

2020年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

However, because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate according to mental effort.

2014年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英釋義

Verb
  • 1. extend in one or more directions;

    "The dough expands"

  • 2. become larger in size or volume or quantity;

    "his business expanded rapidly"

  • 3. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity;

    "expand the house by adding another wing"

  • 4. grow stronger;

    "The economy was booming"

  • 5. exaggerate or make bigger;

    "The charges were inflated"

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

    "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

  • 7. expand the influence of;

    "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"

同義詞辨析

enlarge, amplify, expand, increase, magnify, multiply, augment

這些動(dòng)詞均有"增加,增大"或"擴(kuò)大"之意。

  • enlarge: 主要指面積或體積等的擴(kuò)大。
  • amplify: 在科技中常指聲音的擴(kuò)大或電磁波的增強(qiáng)。也指補(bǔ)充了細(xì)節(jié)、詳述或擴(kuò)大內(nèi)容等。此詞系正式用語(yǔ)。
  • expand: 指范圍、程度、體積和尺寸等方面的擴(kuò)大或增加。
  • increase: 指數(shù)量、強(qiáng)度和大小等方面的擴(kuò)大或增加。
  • magnify: 可指用光學(xué)儀器使物體看上去顯得變大;也指事實(shí)上把某物增大,有時(shí)用于夸張意味。
  • multiply: 通常指自然繁殖而產(chǎn)生的增長(zhǎng),有時(shí)也指同類事物數(shù)量的成倍增加。
  • augment: 較正式用詞,一般指在原有的基礎(chǔ)上增加含量而擴(kuò)大。

同義詞

反義詞

vt. & vi.展開(kāi);

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