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单词 expand
释义
expand
verb[IorT]
uk
/ɪkˈspænd/us
/ɪkˈspænd/
B2
toincreaseinsize,number, orimportance, or to make somethingincreasein this way:
（使）（尺寸、数量或重要性）扩大，增加；（使）膨胀
Theairin theballoonexpands whenheated.气球里的空气加热后膨胀。
They expandedtheirretailoperationsduring the 1980s.20世纪80年代他们扩大了零售业务。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to increase
  • increaseWe need to increase production to meet demand.
  • growThe number of people living alone grows each year.
  • risePrices rose by 10 per cent.
  • go upHouse prices keep going up.
  • escalateCrime in the city has escalated in recent weeks.
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More examples
  • I don'tthinkwe should expandourbusinessin thecurrenteconomicclimate.
  • Intheirsecondalbum, thebandtriedto expandtheirstylisticrange.
  • Thecollegeis notableto expand because ofrestrictiveplanninglaws.
  • Theireconomyhas expandedenormously, while ours, bycontrast, hasdeclined.
  • Intheireffortstoreducecrimethegovernmentexpanded thepoliceforce.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Enlarging and inflating
  • augmentation
  • balloon
  • bloat
  • broaden
  • build(someone/something)up
  • bulk
  • deepen
  • explosively
  • flare
  • fluffsomethingup
  • implacably
  • inflation
  • lengthen
  • maximize
  • puff
  • reinflate
  • reinflation
  • scalesomethingup
  • stretch
  • widen
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Increasing and intensifying

Phrasal verb

expand onsomething
(Definition ofexpandfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

expand| American Dictionary

expand
verb[I/T]
us
/ɪkˈspænd/
toincreasesomething insize,number, orimportance:
[I]Theairin theballoonexpands whenheated.
[T]They expandedtheirnumberofstoressignificantlyin the 1990s.

expansion

noun[U]us
/ɪkˈspæn·ʃən/
Expansion into newareasofresearchmight bepossible.

Phrasal verb

expand on/uponsomething
(Definition ofexpandfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

expand| Business English

expand
verb[IorT]
ECONOMICS,COMMERCE
uk
/ɪkˈspænd/us
toincreaseinsize,number, orimportance, or to make somethingincreasein this way:
expand into sthThesecompaniesneed to expand into newmarketsbecause they havereachedmarketsaturationathome.
expandrapidly/greatly/significantly
expand the range/scope/capacitySupermarketscontinueto expand therangeofproductsandservicesofferedintheiroutlets.
expand abusiness/company/programme
Productioncapacitycould expand by up to 30%,thusbringingdownprices.

Phrasal verb

expand on sth
(Definition ofexpandfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpand

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Various representations thus coexisted in the early modern period, only toexpandas time passed.
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These paths for the robot can be determined easily by expanding our analysis to more cases.
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The paradox is that welfare reform reduces the scale of government in one sense but expands it in another.
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The inclusion of a wide range of skills in conservatorium curricula would enable music graduates toexpandthe scope of their performance and non-performance roles.
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Molecular markers provide ideal tools to develop species or genus-level indicators of specific pollutants and could therebyexpandthe utility of chironomids for biomonitoring.
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These studies suggest an expanding role for the practice nurse within primary care.
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If industrial, couldexpandto areas of industry that were substantially the same.
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As with all expanded lectures, it suffers from unevenness of extrapolation, or even over-elaboration.
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I intend my remarks as suggestions for expanding the argument - and perhaps the research - beyond the promising start made here.
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The developmental literature points to at least 6 levels of empathy emerging in succession, each expanding and adding to the repertoire of empathic potential.
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On each twig the second or third fully expanded leaf (numbered from apex to base) was selected.
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Even in the 1920s, when demand was expanding, an excess continued to keep prices down in most salons.
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With the assumption of a weakly nonlinear short wavetrain, however, i t is reasonable toexpandthem at the long-wave surface.
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It has expanded through the profession and differentiated, so that it is not always recognizable as a distinct movement anymore.
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In the 1950s it actually diminished until the urban force was expanded substantially towards the end of the decade.
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