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expand v.使 ... 膨胀；详述；扩张；增加；张开 (1) 金属遇热则膨胀。(2) 请你再进一步谈谈这件事好吗?(3) 他们商议扩展业务的最好方法。(4) 近年来我们的对外贸易有所增加。(5) 许多花的花瓣在阳光中绽放。 Expand is a combination of the Latin words ex-, meaning "out," and pandere, "to spread." The idea of spreading out was always there, though the current idea of something actually becoming larger was first recorded in the mid-17th century. Expand is a versatile word that can refer to anything getting bigger, from a nation's growing influence in a neighboring country to a waistline that needs a larger belt.

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英 [ɪk'spænd] 美 [ɪk'spænd] (1) Metals expand when they are heated.(2) Would you expand upon the matter a little further?(3) They conferred on the best way to expand business.(4) Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years.(5) The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. The verb expand means to make something bigger or wider. It might refer to something concrete, as when you blow into a balloon and make it expand, or something more abstract, as when you study to expand your mind. 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

英语单词	expand
英美音标	英 [ɪk'spænd] 美 [ɪk'spænd]
中文释义	v.使 ... 膨胀；详述；扩张；增加；张开
英语例句	(1) Metals expand when they are heated. (2) Would you expand upon the matter a little further? (3) They conferred on the best way to expand business. (4) Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years. (5) The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine.
中文例句	(1) 金属遇热则膨胀。 (2) 请你再进一步谈谈这件事好吗? (3) 他们商议扩展业务的最好方法。 (4) 近年来我们的对外贸易有所增加。 (5) 许多花的花瓣在阳光中绽放。
vocabulary简明	The verb expand means to make something bigger or wider. It might refer to something concrete, as when you blow into a balloon and make it expand, or something more abstract, as when you study to expand your mind.
vocabulary扩展	Expand is a combination of the Latin words ex-, meaning "out," and pandere, "to spread." The idea of spreading out was always there, though the current idea of something actually becoming larger was first recorded in the mid-17th century. Expand is a versatile word that can refer to anything getting bigger, from a nation's growing influence in a neighboring country to a waistline that needs a larger belt.
柯林斯解释	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

Expand Ed Expanded Make Bigger Refer Idea Larger