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英 [ɪkˈspænd]

美 [ɪkˈspænd]

v.  扩大，增加，增强(尺码、数量或重要性); 扩展，发展(业务); 细谈; 详述; 详细阐明

过去分词：expanded　现在分词：expanding　第三人称单数：expands　过去式：expanded　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2124 / COCA.1572

同义词辨析

amplifyenlargeexpandincrease【导航词义：扩大，增加】

短语动词

短语用例

expand on/upon sth

• 详述；充分叙述；详细阐明
  to say more about sth and add some details
  1. Metals expand when they are heated.
     金属受热会膨胀。
  2. Student numbers are expanding rapidly.
     学生人数在迅速增加。
  3. A child's vocabulary expands through reading.
     孩子的词汇量通过阅读得到扩大。
  4. The waist expands to fit all sizes.
     腰围可松可紧适合任何尺码。
  5. 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。
  6. The new system expanded the role of family doctors.
     新体制扩大了家庭医生的作用。
  7. 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

verb

• 扩大，增加，增强（尺码、数量或重要性）
  to become greater in size, number or importance; to make sth greater in size, number or importance
  1. Metals expand when they are heated.
     金属受热会膨胀。
  2. Student numbers are expanding rapidly.
     学生人数在迅速增加。
  3. A child's vocabulary expands through reading.
     孩子的词汇量通过阅读得到扩大。
  4. The waist expands to fit all sizes.
     腰围可松可紧适合任何尺码。
  5. 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。
  6. The new system expanded the role of family doctors.
     新体制扩大了家庭医生的作用。
  7. There are no plans to expand the local airport.
     目前尚无扩建地方机场的方案。
• 扩展，发展（业务）
  if a business expands or is expanded , new branches are opened, it makes more money, etc.
  1. We've expanded the business by opening two more stores.
     我们增开了两个商店以扩展业务。
  2. an expanding economy (= with more businesses starting and growing)
     不断发展的经济
• 细谈；详述；详细阐明
  to talk more; to add details to what you are saying
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 扩充;扩大;增加
  If somethingexpandsoris expanded, it becomes larger.
  1. 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。
  2. 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％。
  3. We have to expand the size of the image.
     我们不得不放大图像的尺寸。
  4. ...a rapidly expanding universe.
     迅速扩张的宇宙
  5. ...strips of expanded polystyrene.
     聚苯乙烯泡沫条
• V-ERG 扩大；发展；扩展
  If something such as a business, organization, or serviceexpands, or if youexpandit, it becomes bigger and includes more people, goods, or activities.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. I owned a bookshop and desired to expand the business...
     我拥有一家书店，想要扩大业务。
  4. 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。

英英释义

verb

• become larger in size or volume or quantity
  1. his business expanded rapidly
• exaggerate or make bigger
  1. The charges were inflated
  Synonym:inflateblow upamplify
• grow vigorously
  1. The deer population in this town is thriving
  2. business is booming
  Synonym:boomthriveflourish
• expand the influence of
  1. The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent
  Synonym:extend
• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
  1. expand the house by adding another wing
• add details, as to an account or idea
  1. She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
  Synonym:elaboratelucubrateexpatiateexpositenlargeflesh outexpounddilate
• extend in one or more directions
  1. The dough expands
  Synonym:spread out

双语例句

• 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%。
• 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。
• The company is going to expand production with the money earned.
  公司挣了钱，准备扩产。
• When gases are heated, they expand.
  气体受热会膨胀。
• Consequently, even as the blogosphere continues to expand, only a few blogs are likely to emerge as focal points.
  结果，尽管博客圈继续扩大，但仅有少数的博客有可能脱颖而出，成为关注的焦点。
• You can use all these resources to help expand your business and profit margins.
  你可以使用所有这些资源来帮助扩展你的商业和利润。
• In 1981, it established a research programme to improve and expand non-animal testing.
  在1981年，它们设立了一个改进和扩大无动物实验的研究项目。
• It is our belief to further expand markets and dissatisfy with existing achievements.
  进一步开拓市场，不满足于现有成绩是我们的信念。
• We use this creatively, in ways that expand our knowledge.
  我们以扩展知识的方式创造性地利用了这一点。
• I owned a bookshop and desired to expand the business
  我拥有一家书店，想要扩大业务。