expand

【发音】

美 /ɪk'spænd/ 英 /ɪk'spænd/

【翻译】

1. v. 扩大， 膨胀

   英释:to become larger in size, number, or amount, or to make something become larger

【记忆】

ex(向外) ＋ pand(分散) → 向外分散 → 扩大

【短语】

1. expand market : 开拓市场

2. expand into : 扩大为

3. expand domestic demand : 扩大内需

4. expand on : 详述

5. expand all : 全部展开；显示所有文件；扩展所有的

【例句】

1. Water expands as it freezes.

   水结冰时会膨胀。

2. Sydney’s population expanded rapidly in the 1960s.

   20世纪60年代，悉尼的人口迅速增加。

3. exercises that expand the chest muscles

   扩展胸肌的运动

4. his expanding waistline

   他那逐渐增大的腰围

【真题例句】

1. (2017.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...our current smartphone lifestyle will expand to create our own smart home lifestyle too...

2. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...world looks to expand modern energy access to the billion or so people without it...

3. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...As some countries expand operations in Antarctica...

4. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Nations are also pressing ahead with space research and satellite projects to expand their global navigation abilities...

5. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 文本题)...improve educational opportunities and medical insurance and expand social security...

6. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...But Bowman's supporters argue that Monsanto is trying to expand the scope of patents in ways that would enrich big corporations and hurt small farmers...

7. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...The space dreamers end up benefiting all of us-not just because of the way they expand human knowledge...

8. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...What does Tracey Weber think is the best way to expand c-textbook sales...

9. (2011.12 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...we hope to expand the frontiers of human knowledge...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.扩张；使膨胀；详述

   dwell on/enlarge on/

2. vi.发展；张开，展开

   grow/go way/

【同根词】

1. adj

   expanded : 扩充的；展开的

   expansive : 广阔的；扩张的；豪爽的

   expandable : 可膨胀的；可张开的

   expansionist : 扩张主义的

   expansible : 能扩张的；会膨胀的

2. adv

   expansively : 辽阔地；可扩张地

3. n

   expansion : 膨胀；阐述；扩张物

   expanse : 宽阔；广阔的区域；苍天；膨胀扩张

   expansionist : 领土扩张论者；扩张主义者

   expansiveness : 豪爽；广阔；可膨胀性

   expansionism : 扩张主义；扩张政策；膨胀主义

   expansivity : 扩大性；膨胀系数；可膨胀性

4. vt

   expanded : 扩大（expand的过去式）