expand

[ɪkˈspænd] [ɪkˈspænd]
  • 第三人称单数:expands;
  • 过去式:expanded;
  • 过去分词:expanded;
  • 现在分词:expanding;
  • 例句
    同义词
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    同义词解析
    • 以下这些动词均有"增加,增大"或"扩大" 的意思
      enlarge主要指面积或体积等的扩大。
      amplify在科技中常指声音的扩大或电磁波的增强。也指补充了细节、详述或扩大内容等。此词系正式用语。
      expand指范围、程度、体积和尺寸等方面的扩大或增加。
      increase指数量、强度和大小等方面的扩大或增加。
      magnify可指用光学仪器使物体看上去显得变大;也指事实上把某物增大,有时用于夸张意味。
      multiply通常指自然繁殖而产生的增长,有时也指同类事物数量的成倍增加。
      augment较正式用词,一般指在原有的基础上增加含量而扩大。
    英语四级真题
    • Britons have cut their spending on itits prices have gone up over the yearsits quality has seen marked improvementBritons have developed the habit of savingIt will expand in time.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • It gradually expands with age.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • When a group of craftsmen expands to include more members, a small craft organization is formed.
      出自-2016年12月听力原文
    • Unfortunately, that comfort can hinder the very learning that can expand your company and your career.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • It will help your company expand more rapidly.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • It wants to expand its storage of crude oil.
      出自-2014年6月阅读原文
    • To expand its scope of business.
      出自-2012年6月阅读原文
    • Learn: Expand your boundaries.
      出自-2010年12月阅读原文
    • Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.
      出自-2010年6月阅读原文
    • When that restaurant became very busy, I decided to expand my business.
      出自-2011年6月听力原文
    • As a result, the museum plans to expand the hall, as well as add to its ancient birds collection.
      2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
    • That feeling echoes the beliefs of the Therapeutic Food Pantry program at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, which completed its pilot phase and is about to expand on an ongoing basis to five clinic sites throughout the city.
      2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
    • The problem is growing as the population of the state continues to expand.
      2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
    • The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.
      2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
    • Travelling is a great way to expand your world view, although it can be expensive.
      2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
    • Unfortunately, that comfort can hinder the very learning that can expand your company and your career.
      2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
    英语六级真题
    • Testing innovations do no good unless the good experiments are identified and expanded and the bad ones are dropped.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • Today's battery breakthroughs come as the world looks to expand modern energy access to the billion or so people without it, while also cutting back on fuels that warm the planet.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • The wireless age is expanding to include not just our phones, tablets, and laptops, but also our cars, homes, and even whole communities.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • Nations are also pressing ahead with space research and satellite projects to expand their global navigation abilities.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is expanding its monitoring stations for Glonass, its version of the Global Positioning System ( ' , GPS).
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States maintains three year-round stations on the continent with more than 1,000 people during the southern hemisphere's summer, including those at the Amundsen-Scott station, built in 1956 at an elevation of 9,301 feet on a plateau at the South Pole.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • It is highly important to expand the metropolitan areas.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • The space dreamers end up benefiting all of us—not just because of the way they expand human knowledge, or because of the spin-off technologies they produce, but because the two types of dreams feed off each other.
      出自-2013年12月阅读原文
    • But Bowman's supporters argue that Monsanto is trying to expand the scope of patents in ways that would enrich big corporations and hurt small farmers
      出自-2013年12月阅读原文
    • Expanding the three-year option may be difficult, but it may be less difficult than asking Congress for additional financial help, asking legislators for more state support, or asking students even higher tuition payments.
      出自-2012年6月阅读原文
    • As Santiago de la Mora, head of Google Books for Europe, puts it: "By making it possible to search the millions of books that exist today, we hope to expand the frontiers of human knowledge.
      出自-2011年12月阅读原文
    • Prices are good, crowds are fewer and the dividends like expanded worldview, lifelong memories, the satisfaction of boosting the global economy—can't be easily snatched away.
      出自-2011年6月听力原文
    • As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States maintains three year-round stations on the continent with more than 1,000 people during the southern hemisphere's summer, including those at the Amundsen-Scott station, built in 1956 at
      2016年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
    • But after General mills bought Epic in 2016, Collins and Forrest suddenly had the resources they needed to expand their supply chain.
      2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
    • By offering services to help expand the longevity of their products, they're promising quality and durability to consumers and receiving the reputational gains for being environmentally friendly.
      2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
    • fish have a refuge in the streams and can expand into the lagoons when the lake is low and the lagoons are separate, Harper said All the lagoons join when the lake is high and fish must retreat to their stream refuges or die.
      2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
    • I look forward to seeing researchers expand our understanding of the issue so we can translate it into effective education and policy.
      2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
    • Soon, our current smartphone lifestyle will expand to create our own smart home lifestyle too.
      2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
    • Today's battery breakthroughs come as the world looks to expand modern energy access to the billion or so people without it, while also cutting back on fuels that warm the planet.
      2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
    • You then have more opportunities to expand your professional network than if you worked alone.
      2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    英汉词典释义
    英英词典释义
    • Verb
      1. extend in one or more directions;
      "The dough expands"
      2. become larger in size or volume or quantity;
      "his business expanded rapidly"
      3. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity;
      "expand the house by adding another wing"
      4. grow stronger;
      "The economy was booming"
      5. exaggerate or make bigger;
      "The charges were inflated"
      6. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
      "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
      7. expand the influence of;
      "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
    行业词典
    • 法律: 发展;