expand

v.扩大；扩展；详述；细谈

网络释义：扩张；展开；膨胀

v.+n.expand market,expand base,Economy expand,expand scope,expand industry

adj.+n.expand coverage

adv.+v.expand fast,expand rapidly,dramatically expand

v.contract

v.enlarge,increase,swell,develop,inflate

网络释义

1.[i][t]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

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。

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。

2.[i][t]扩展，发展（业务）if a businessexpands oris expanded , new branches are opened, it makes more money, etc.

an expanding economy(= with more businesses starting and growing)不断发展的经济

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.[i]细谈；详述；详细阐明to talk more; to add details to what you are saying

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。

v.1.展开,张开2.【数】展开3.扩大(范围等);使增加;扩张;使膨胀4.扩充,使发展;扩编5.详述,引伸,写出(缩体)6.扩大,扩张7.扩充;发展(into)8.伸展,张开,延伸;膨胀9.详述,引伸(on; upon)10.变得和蔼,感到舒畅1.展开,张开2.【数】展开3.扩大(范围等);使增加;扩张;使膨胀4.扩充,使发展;扩编5.详述,引伸,写出(缩体)6.扩大,扩张7.扩充;发展(into)8.伸展,张开,延伸;膨胀9.详述,引伸(on; upon)10.变得和蔼,感到舒畅

v.1.to become larger in size and fill more space; to make something become larger in size and fill more space2.if a business, organization, or activity expands, it grows by including more people, moving into new areas, selpng more products, etc.; to make a business, organization, or activity do this3.to talk or write more about something, adding more details or information4.to open something that is folded5.to write an expression in a longer form1.to become larger in size and fill more space; to make something become larger in size and fill more space2.if a business, organization, or activity expands, it grows by including more people, moving into new areas, selpng more products, etc.; to make a business, organization, or activity do this3.to talk or write more about something, adding more details or information4.to open something that is folded5.to write an expression in a longer form

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1.Take the National Hockey League, ice hockey's premier body, which has for years been trying to expand its audience and commercial reach.以顶级冰球组织——国家冰球联盟（NHL）为例。该联盟多年来一直在努力吸引更多观众，延伸商业触角。

2.And then we expand it out in terms of the standard chemical potentials for everything being pure.然后按照所有，纯净物的标准化学势展开混合。

3.The Indians said the road would be a boon to coca growers, whose union Mr Morales still heads, and expand their plantations.这位印第安总统称这条路将为可可种植者带来惠泽，并拓展他们的种植园。莫拉莱斯仍然担任古柯种植者联盟的主席。

4.Mr. Netanyahu has not declared his support for a two-state solution. He has also said he supports allowing Jewish settlements to expand.内塔尼亚胡还没有表示他支持两个国家并存的方案，他也表示支持允许犹太人扩大定居点。

5.It will also be adding additional funds to expand treatment facipties around the country, he said.他说，美国还将增拨更多的资金用于扩大海地各地的治疗设施。

6.This sort of connectivity will expand dramatically as microscopic communications devices become dirt-cheap and multiply.随着显微通讯装置便宜到毫不值钱、随处可见的地步，这种连接将急速扩展。

7.Long-term good reputation and operating style of sound, so that the size of the company and continued to expand, growing steadily.长期的良好信誉和稳健的经营作风，使公司的规模不断扩大，稳步成长。

8.You accepted in 1602 at the Queen's command, asking you to expand the Kingdom of the field for her death and sold.你在1602年接受女王的命令，要求你为她扩张王国领域而卖老命。

9.Scientists said the results, if confirmed, would expand the notion of what pfe could be and where it could be.科学家说，如果该实验结果通过检测的话，将扩展人们对生命是什么及其存在场所的认识。

10.Rio said the uncertainties over the global economy meant it was reviewing its plans to build new mines and expand existing operations.力拓表示，全球经济的不确定性，意味着它将重新审视建设新矿及扩张现有业务的计划。