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[ ɪk'spænd ]
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vt. 使…变大;扩张;详述;
vi. 扩展;发展;张开;展开;
💡 词根助记
pand-, pans-, pass- 表”伸展,散播”#词根助记：ex向外+pand
📝 例句
In ten years the city's population expanded by 12%.
十年之中,该城人口增加了百分之十二。
Water expands when it freezes.
水结冰时体积膨胀。
A tire expands when you pump air into it.
轮胎打了气就会胀大。
They have expanded my view on the question.
他们已更充分地阐明了我对这个问题的观点。
The provision of credit would therefore permit these enterprises to expand.
对这些企业提供信贷无疑会促使其扩展。
🌱 联想助记
【串】女贼husband(丈夫),纠集贼a band(一伙),组织就expand(膨胀)
【记】※ expand-扩大,expend-花费:工厂扩大要花费多少钱
※ ex-谐音“一休”,pa-拼音“怕”,nd-拼音“脑袋”:一休非常害怕自己的脑袋膨胀起来
※ e-拼音“鹅”,x-罗马数字“10”,pand-拼音“叛党”:这10只鹅发起的判党队伍在迅速扩大
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-pend-表示“悬挂”
常见变体有-pens-
📖 牛津释义
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v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (sth) (into sth) (cause sth to) become greater in size, number or importance 使（某事物）变大, 扩大, 增大, 增加, 增强, 扩展
Metals expand when they are heated. 金属受热则膨胀.
A tyre expands when you pump air into it. 轮胎一打气就鼓起来.
His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire. 他原先不大的生意後来扩展成了超级市场集团企业.
Our foreign trade has expanded greatly in recent years. 我国的对外贸易近年来已有极大发展.
Why not try to expand your story into a novel? 你怎麽不把你的故事扩展成小说呢?
2 [I, Ipr] spread out; unfold 伸展; 伸开; 张开; 展开
The petals of the flowers expanded in the sunshine. 花瓣在阳光下张开了.
His face expanded in a smile of welcome. 他喜笑颜开地表示欢迎. Cf 参看 contract3.
3 [I] (of a person) become more friendly or talkative （指人）变得热情或愿意交谈
The guests expanded a little when they'd had a glass or two of wine. 客人们喝了一两杯酒以後, 就有说有笑了.
4 (phr v) expand on sth develop or give more of (a story, an argument, etc) 阐述或详述（某事, 故事, 论点等）
You mentioned the need for extra funding. Would you expand on that? 你曾提到需要一笔额外资金. 你详细谈谈好吗?
🎯 考研助记
一个使胖的（谐音）：一个使胖的方法- 膨胀 向外(ex)膨的(pand): 膨胀 网友：yqy 补充：花费（expend）过多容易膨胀；像熊猫（panda）一样胖－－膨胀
🔁 扩展释义
*[ik'spænd]vt. 使膨胀, 详述, 扩张vi. 张开, 发展vt. 展开vi. 展开【计】 展开; DOS外部命令:将原始DOS磁盘上的压缩文件解压缩并拷贝到硬盘上【经】 扩大, 扩充相关词组: expand on sth
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Ah, you are an early bird then!
你原来是早起的人。
Do you usually learn French after school?
你通常在放学后学法文吗？
Yes, I'm sorry about that. I think we just had a misunderstanding about the plan, but I was very disappointed not to be going out. So I got angry and started shouting at you.
是的，那件事我很抱歉。我想我们只是对于外出计划有误解罢了，不过没能外出我很失望。所以我就生气了，开始冲你大喊大叫。