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  • v.扩大；扩展；详述；细谈
  • Web扩张；展开；膨胀
Simple Present：expands  Present Participle：expanding  Past Tense：expanded  

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扩大，增加，增强（尺码、数量或重要性）to become greater in size, number or importance; to make sth greater in size, number or importance
Metals expand when they are heated.
金属受热会膨胀。
Student numbers are expanding rapidly.
学生人数在迅速增加。
A child's vocabulary expands through reading.
孩子的词汇量通过阅读得到扩大。
The waist expands to fit all sizes.
腰部可松可紧，适合任何尺码。
In breathing the chest muscles expand the ribcage and allow air to be sucked into the lungs.
呼吸时胸部肌肉使胸廓扩大让空气吸入肺部。
The new system expanded the role of family doctors.
新体制扩大了家庭医生的作用。
There are no plans to expand the local airport.
目前没有扩建地方机场的计划。
2.
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扩展，发展（业务）if a businessexpands oris expanded , new branches are opened, it makes more money, etc.
an expanding economy(= with more businesses starting and growing)
不断发展的经济
We've expanded the business by opening two more stores.
我们增开了两家商店以扩展业务。
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细谈；详述；详细阐明to talk more; to add details to what you are saying
I repeated the question and waited for her to expand.
我把问题重复了一遍，等着她详细回答。

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Take the National Hockey League, ice hockey's premier body, which has for years been trying to expand its audience and commercial reach.
以顶级冰球组织——国家冰球联盟（NHL）为例。该联盟多年来一直在努力吸引更多观众，延伸商业触角。
yǐ dǐng jí bīng qiú zǔ zhī —— guó jiā bīng qiú lián méng ( NHL ) wéi lì 。 gāi lián méng duō nián lái yì zhí zài nǔ lì xī yǐn gèng duō guān zhòng , yán shēn shāng yè chù jiǎo 。
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And then we expand it out in terms of the standard chemical potentials for everything being pure.
然后按照所有，纯净物的标准化学势展开混合。
rán hòu àn zhào suǒ yǒu , chún jìng wù de biāo zhǔn huà xué shì zhǎn kāi hùn hé 。
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The Indians said the road would be a boon to coca growers, whose union Mr Morales still heads, and expand their plantations.
这位印第安总统称这条路将为可可种植者带来惠泽，并拓展他们的种植园。莫拉莱斯仍然担任古柯种植者联盟的主席。
zhè wèi yìn dì ān zǒng tǒng chēng zhè tiáo lù jiāng wèi kě kě zhòng zhí zhě dài lái huì zé , bìng tuò zhǎn tā men de zhòng zhí yuán 。 mò lā lái sī réng rán dān rèn gǔ kē zhòng zhí zhě lián méng de zhǔ xí 。
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Mr. Netanyahu has not declared his support for a two-state solution. He has also said he supports allowing Jewish settlements to expand.
内塔尼亚胡还没有表示他支持两个国家并存的方案，他也表示支持允许犹太人扩大定居点。
nèi tǎ ní yà hú hái méi yǒu biǎo shì tā zhī chí liǎng gè guó jiā bìng cún de fāng àn , tā yě biǎo shì zhī chí yǔn xǔ yóu tài rén kuò dà dìng jū diǎn 。
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It will also be adding additional funds to expand treatment facilities around the country, he said.
他说，美国还将增拨更多的资金用于扩大海地各地的治疗设施。
tā shuō , měi guó hái jiāng zēng bō gèng duō de zī jīn yòng yú kuò dà hǎi dì gè dì de zhì liáo shè shī 。
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This sort of connectivity will expand dramatically as microscopic communications devices become dirt-cheap and multiply.
随着显微通讯装置便宜到毫不值钱、随处可见的地步，这种连接将急速扩展。
suí zhe xiǎn wēi tōng xùn zhuāng zhì pián yi dào háo bù zhí qián 、 suí chù kě jiàn de dì bù , zhè zhǒng lián jiē jiāng jí sù kuò zhǎn 。
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Long-term good reputation and operating style of sound, so that the size of the company and continued to expand, growing steadily.
长期的良好信誉和稳健的经营作风，使公司的规模不断扩大，稳步成长。
cháng qī de liáng hǎo xìn yù hé wěn jiàn de jīng yíng zuò fēng , shǐ gōng sī de guī mó bú duàn kuò dà , wěn bù chéng zhǎng 。
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You accepted in 1602 at the Queen's command, asking you to expand the Kingdom of the field for her death and sold.
你在1602年接受女王的命令，要求你为她扩张王国领域而卖老命。
nǐ zài yī liù líng èr nián jiē shòu nǚ wáng de mìng lìng , yāo qiú nǐ wèi tā kuò zhāng wáng guó lǐng yù ér mài lǎo mìng 。
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Scientists said the results, if confirmed, would expand the notion of what life could be and where it could be.
科学家说，如果该实验结果通过检测的话，将扩展人们对生命是什么及其存在场所的认识。
kē xué jiā shuō , rú guǒ gāi shí yàn jié guǒ tōng guò jiǎn cè de huà , jiāng kuò zhǎn rén men duì shēng mìng shì shén me jí qí cún zài chǎng suǒ de rèn shi 。
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Rio said the uncertainties over the global economy meant it was reviewing its plans to build new mines and expand existing operations.
力拓表示，全球经济的不确定性，意味着它将重新审视建设新矿及扩张现有业务的计划。
lì tuò biǎo shì , quán qiú jīng jì de bù què dìng xìng , yì wèi zhe tā jiāng chóng xīn shěn shì jiàn shè xīn kuàng jí kuò zhāng xiàn yǒu yè wù de jì huà 。
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