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expand

英 [ɪk'spænd; ek-]美 [ɪk'spænd]

vt. 擴張；使膨脹；詳述

vi. 發展；張開，展開

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中文詞源

expand 擴大

ex-, 向外。-pand, 展開，詞源同pace, feather.

英語詞源

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.

權威例句

1. The ultimate aim is to expand the network further.

最終目的是爲了進一步拓展該網絡。

2. Health officials are proposing to expand their services by organising counselling.

衛生官員計劃通過組織諮詢來擴展他們的服務。

3. I owned a bookshop and desired to expand the business.

我擁有一家書店，想要擴大業務。

4. Metals expand when they are heated.

金屬受熱會膨脹。

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.

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