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[ɪkˈspænd]expanded, expanding, expands

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expanded[1996] expanding[3479] expands[815]
扩张(49%),增加(23%),详述(15%),张开(11%),使 ... 膨胀(2%)
vt.扩张;使膨胀;详述
vi.发展;张开,展开
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/ɪkspæ̱nd/
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]扩充;扩大;增加 If something expands or is expanded, it becomes larger.
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  [V-ing]
  [V-ed]
  • 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 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%。

  • We have to expand the size of the image.

    我们不得不放大图像的尺寸。

  • ...a rapidly expanding universe.

    迅速扩张的宇宙

  • ...strips of expanded polystyrene.

    聚苯乙烯泡沫条

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]扩大;发展;扩展 If something such as a business, organization, or service expands, or if you expand it, it becomes bigger and includes more people, goods, or activities.
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  [V n]
  [BUSINESS 商]
  • 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。

  • 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。

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

    我拥有一家书店,想要扩大业务。

  • 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。

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ex·pand ★ AWL / ɪkˈspænd ; NAmE ɪkˈspænd / verb 1 ★ [intransitive ,  transitive ] to become greater in size, number or importance; to make sth greater in size, number or importance 扩大,增加,增强(尺码、数量或重要性) ◆ Metals expand when they are heated. 金属受热会膨胀。 ◆ Student numbers are expanding rapidly. 学生人数在迅速增加。 ◆ A child's vocabulary expands through reading. 孩子的词汇量通过阅读得到扩大。 ◆ The waist expands to fit all sizes. 腰部可松可紧,适合任何尺码。 expandsth ◆ In breathing the chest muscles expand the ribcage 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。 ◆ The new system expanded the role of family doctors. 新体制扩大了家庭医生的作用。 ◆ There are no plans to expand the local airport. 目前没有扩建地方机场的计划。 OPP
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2 ★ [intransitive ,  transitive ] if a business expandsor is expanded,new branches are opened, it makes more money, etc. 扩展,发展(业务) ◆ an expanding economy (= with more businesses starting and growing) 不断发展的经济 expandsth ◆ We've expanded the business by opening two more stores. 我们增开了两家商店以扩展业务。 3 [intransitive ] to talk more; to add details to what you are saying 细谈;详述;详细阐明 ◆ 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。 PHRASAL VERB exˈpand on/upon sth to say more about sth and add some details 详述;充分叙述;详细阐明 ◆ Could you expand on that point, please? 请你把那一点详细说明一下好吗? expand expands expanded expanding
ex·pand / ɪkˈspænd ; NAmE ɪkˈspænd /
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expandex‧pand /ɪkˈspænd/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to become larger in size, number, or amount, or to make something become larger → expansion OPP  contract:  Water expands as it freezes. Sydney’s population expanded rapidly in the 1960s. exercises that expand the chest muscles his expanding waistline► see thesaurus at
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2[intransitive, transitive] if a company, business etc expands, or if someone expands it, they open new shops, factories etc → expansion:  The computer industry has expanded greatly over the last decade. The hotel wants to expand its business by adding a swimming pool. the rapidly expanding field of information technologyexpand into We have plans to expand into the U.S. market.3[intransitive] literary to become more confident and start to talk more:  After a few whiskies he started to expand a little.expand on/upon something phrasal verb to add more details or information to something that you have already said:  Payne later expanded on his initial statement.

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