expansion

英 [ɪkˈspænʃn]

美 [ɪkˈspænʃn]

n.  扩张; 扩展; 扩大; 膨胀

复数：expansions　

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BNC.2360 / COCA.2734

牛津词典

noun

• 扩张；扩展；扩大；膨胀
  an act of increasing or making sth increase in size, amount or importance
  1. a period of rapid economic expansion
     经济迅猛发展期
  2. Despite the recession the company is confident of further expansion.
     尽管经济衰退，公司对进一步扩展仍充满信心。
  3. The book is an expansion of a series of lectures given last year.
     本书是去年举行的系列讲座的扩充。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 扩张;扩充;扩大;发展
  Expansionis the process of becoming greater in size, number, or amount.
  1. ...the rapid expansion of private health insurance.
     个人健康保险的迅速发展
  2. ...a new period of economic expansion...
     经济发展的新时期
  3. The company has abandoned plans for further expansion.
     该公司已经放弃了进一步扩张的计划。

英英释义

noun

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
  Synonym:enlargement
• adding information or detail
  Synonym:expanding upon
• a discussion that provides additional information
  Synonym:enlargementelaboration
• a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
  1. the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2

双语例句

• We reviewed and analysed policy decisions and programme development, implementation and expansion.
  我们评估和分析了政策决策和项目的制定、实施和扩展。
• Steel and concrete have almost the same rate of contraction and expansion.
  钢和混凝土有几乎相同的收缩率和膨胀率。
• Continued expansion of this production is expected.
  生产的不断扩大是预料中的事。
• It can be used both in the macro pattern and in the expansion.
  它可以用于宏模式和展开式中。
• Similarly, risk concentrations that might be acceptable at a single institution in a period of economic expansion could be dangerous if they existed at a large number of institutions simultaneously.
  同样，在经济扩张时期，一个单独的机构可以接受的风险集中，如果在大量的机构中同时存在，就是十分危险的。
• In some countries and regions, inequality worsened, as poor people did not reap the fruits of economic expansion, because of a lack of job opportunities, limited education or bad health.
  在有些国家和地区，不平等现象出现恶化，贫困人口未能收获经济扩张的成果，原因是缺少就业机会、教育水平有限或健康状况不佳。
• He gave an expansion of that affair.
  他详述了那件事。
• An unprecedented expansion in population and industry.
  史无前例的人口和工业膨胀。
• Future expansion of the business calls for two new factories.
  将来业务扩大需要建造两个新工厂。
• The expansion of Western capitalism incorporated the Third World into an exploitative world system.
  西方资本主义的扩张将第三世界并入了剥削性的世界体系中。