expand
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英 [?k'sp?nd; ek-]
美[?k'sp?nd]
- vt. 擴張；使膨脹；詳述
- vi. 發展；張開，展開
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?expands;過去式:?expanded;過去分詞:?expanded;現在分詞:?expanding;
助記提示
1. 向外胖的 => 膨脹.
中文詞源
expand 擴大
ex-, 向外。-pand, 展開，詞源同pace, feather.
英文詞源
- expand
- expand: see spawn
- expand (v)
- early 15c., "spread out, open out, spread flat, extend widely;" also transitive, "cause to grow larger;" from Anglo-French espaundre, Old French espandre "spread, spread out, be spilled," and directly from Latin expandere "to spread out, unfold, expand," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pandere "to spread, stretch" (see pace (n.)). Related: Expanded; expanding.
雙語例句
- 1. The ultimate aim is to expand the network further.
- 最終目的是為了進一步拓展該網絡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Health officials are proposing to expand their services by organising counselling.
- 衛生官員計劃通過組織咨詢來擴展他們的服務。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I owned a bookshop and desired to expand the business.
- 我擁有一家書店，想要擴大業務。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Metals expand when they are heated.
- 金屬受熱會膨脹。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Plans to expand the company have had to be quietly shelved.
- 公司擴充的計劃不得不悄悄擱置下來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》