英汉词典

expand 基本解释

• vt. 扩张；使膨胀；详述
• vi. 发展；张开，展开

expand 词态变化

expand 中文词源

ex-, 向外。-pand, 展开，词源同pace, feather.

expand 英文词源

expand

expand: see spawn

expand (v)

early 15c., "spread out, open out, spread flat, extend widely;" also transitive, "cause to grow larger;" from Anglo-French espaundre, Old French espandre "spread, spread out, be spilled," and directly from Latin expandere "to spread out, unfold, expand," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pandere "to spread, stretch" (see pace (n.)). Related: Expanded; expanding.

expand 英文释义

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"

expand 同义词解析

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

这些动词均有"增加，增大"或"扩大"之意。

enlarge： 主要指面积或体积等的扩大。

amplify： 在科技中常指声音的扩大或电磁波的增强。也指补充了细节、详述或扩大内容等。此词系正式用语。

expand： 指范围、程度、体积和尺寸等方面的扩大或增加。

increase： 指数量、强度和大小等方面的扩大或增加。

magnify： 可指用光学仪器使物体看上去显得变大；也指事实上把某物增大，有时用于夸张意味。

multiply： 通常指自然繁殖而产生的增长，有时也指同类事物数量的成倍增加。

augment： 较正式用词，一般指在原有的基础上增加含量而扩大。

expand 双语例句

1. The ultimate aim is to expand the network further.

最终目的是为了进一步拓展该网络。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Health officials are proposing to expand their services by organising counselling.

卫生官员计划通过组织咨询来扩展他们的服务。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I owned a bookshop and desired to expand the business.

我拥有一家书店，想要扩大业务。

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4. Metals expand when they are heated.

金属受热会膨胀。

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5. Plans to expand the company have had to be quietly shelved.

公司扩充的计划不得不悄悄搁置下来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

expand 实用场景例句

The new system expanded the role of family doctors.

新体制扩大了家庭医生的作用。

牛津词典

There are no plans to expand the local airport.

目前尚无扩建地方机场的方案。

牛津词典

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

我们增开了两个商店以扩展业务。

牛津词典

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

不断发展的经济

牛津词典

I repeated the question and waited for her to expand.

我把问题重复了一遍，等着她详细回答。

牛津词典

Could you expand on that point, please?

请你把这一点详细说明一下好吗？

牛津词典

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

呼吸时胸部肌肉使胸廓扩大让空气吸入肺部。

牛津词典

The waist expands to fit all sizes.

腰围可松可紧适合任何尺码。

牛津词典

Metals expand when they are heated.

金属受热会膨胀。

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Student numbers are expanding rapidly.

学生人数在迅速增加。

牛津词典

A child's vocabulary expands through reading.

孩子的词汇量通过阅读得到扩大。

牛津词典

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

工程师注意到管道并没有如预期那样膨胀。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

截至9月，当年的货币供应增加了14.6％。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

到19世纪中期，大众制陶业得到了发展。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

利率正在降低，我可以扩大公司或者维持经营。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

公司在发展过程中, 逐步壮大自身的研发能力和研发机构.

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Your prosperity can expand America's prosperity.

你们的繁荣能够扩大美国的繁荣.

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

采取合理有效的措施,促进国家助学贷款大幅度增加.

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

单击加号展开模板列表, 选择一个模板, 然后单击“新建”.

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

至于把区域交通控制系统和闭路电视摄影机系统扩展至其他新巿镇的计划,也会继续进行.

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

这推动了本地企业的发展,也让外地游客得以周末来这里休闲.

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His success emboldened him to expand his business.

他有了成就因而激发他进一步扩展业务.

《简明英汉词典》

Metals expand when they are heated.

金属受了热就会膨胀.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine.

许多花瓣在阳光下开放.

《现代英汉综合大词典》