expand的读法

1. 扩张，扩展，发展
2. 扩大，扩充
3. 详述，详细阐明，细谈
4. 使扩张，使变大
5. （使）增长，（使）增加
6. （使）膨胀
7. 变得和蔼可亲
8. 延伸
9. 使发展
10. 【释】扩编
11. 【数】展开
12. 感到心旷神怡，热情洋溢
13. 变开朗；（谈吐）放开
14. 伸展，伸开，展开
15. 推广开来

1. vt. & vi. 扩大; 加大; 使大 make larger
2. vt. & vi. 展开 unfold or spread out

1.扩充;扩大;增加
If somethingexpands oris expanded, it becomes larger.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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％。

2.扩大；发展；扩展
If something such as a business, organization, or serviceexpands, or if youexpand it, it becomes bigger and includes more people, goods, or activities.

e.g. 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。
e.g. The interest rate's coming down. I'll be able toexpand or stay in business...
利率正在降低，我可以扩大公司或者维持经营。

相关词组：expand on

1. The shipbuilding industry is rapidly expanding.
   造船工业正在迅速发展。
2. The ranks of the teachers are constantly expanding.
   教师队伍日益扩大了。
3. Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years.
   我们的对外贸易近年来已得到扩大。
4. The pupils of your eyes expand when you enter a darkroom.
   当你走进暗室时,你的瞳孔就会放大。
5. Iron expands when it is heated.
   铁加热时膨胀。
6. The flower buds have not yet expanded.
   花蕾尚未开放。
7. The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine.
   许多花瓣在阳光下绽放。
8. He began to expand after dinner.
   饭后,他变得友好亲切起来。

1. Heat expands metals.
   热使金属膨胀。
2. He does exercises to expand his chest.
   他做体操扩胸。
3. Because the company was doing more business it was necessary to expand the factory.
   由于公司业务的扩大,扩大工厂是必然的。
4. Our country steadily expanded her electronic industry.
   我国不断发展自己的电子工业。
5. She expanded her umbrella and went out.
   她撑开伞就走出去了。
6. The eagle expanded its wings.
   雄鹰展翅。
7. A hundred years after Confucius died,Mencius taught and expanded Confucian doctrine.
   孔子去世100年后,孟子传授并阐发了孔子的学说。
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8. The docks have been expanded.
   码头已经被扩建了。
9. The ancient city walls were demolished and the urban area was expanded.
   古城墙被拆掉了,城区被扩大了。
10. The existing network of medical and health institutions are being expanded.
    现有的医疗卫生组织系统正在扩大。
11. The business has been expanded this year.
    今年的生意扩大了。

• Sicily then lay expanded like a map beneath our eyes.

  出自：Leigh Hunt

• He..expanded his mouth in a significant smirk.

  出自：O. Manning

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自盎格鲁法语的espaundre；最初源自古典拉丁语的expandere，意为伸开。