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Dilate Enlarge 考法 1】Vt.使膨胀,扩大 Expand Bulk Extent Wide

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【考法 1】vt.使膨胀,扩大: to enlarge or expand in bulk or extent; to become wide
【例】The cat dilated its eyes in the darkness猫在黑暗中睁大眼睛; The drug dilates the blood vessels药使血管膨胀。
【近】expand, amplify, enlarge
【反】contract 收缩;narrow 使变窄
【考法 2】v.详细表达: to express more fully and in greater detail
【例】He refused to dilate upon his plan for improving the economy in the event that he won the election他拒 绝在他赢得选举的情况下透露更多关于振兴经济计划的细节。
【近】amplify, develop, elaborate on, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on
【反】abbreviate, abridge, condense, shorten 删减,缩短

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