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expand expand ★★★☆☆/ɪkspæ̱nd/1[V-ERG	及物/不及物动词]扩充；扩大；增加 If something expands or is expanded, it becomes larger.   [V]  [V n]  [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2[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.   [V]  [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。相关词组：expand on  expandex‧pand /ɪkˈspænd/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb  Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Word family 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 increase2[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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Collins	expand ★★★☆☆ /ɪkspæ̱nd/ 1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]扩充；扩大；增加 If something expands or is expanded, it becomes larger. [V] [V n] [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 2 [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. [V] [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。相关词组： expand on
Oxford	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 contract 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 /
LDC	expandex‧pand /ɪkˈspænd/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Word family 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 increase 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 phrasal verb to add more details or information to something that you have already said: Payne later expanded on his initial statement.
WDF	expand [ɪkˈspænd]expanded, expanding, expands CET4CET6TEM4考研GRETOEFLIELTS v1577 25346 2719 1369 6214 6699 8345 VERB1461 1008436 Spoken: 285811631 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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