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

• On Wednesday, Peugeot said it had begun a new chapter in its history and its global expansion.
  周三，标致宣布，它的企业历史和全球扩张都已翻开了新篇章。
• On both large and small farms, one of the principal inhibitions to expansion of production can be insecurity of tenure.
  不论大农场或小农场，扩大生产的主要抑制因素可能是租地使用权缺乏保障。
• 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。
• He gave an expansion of that affair.
  他详述了那件事。
• Then, evolvement laws of plasma in both isothermal stage and adiabatic expansion stage are discussed.
  进而讨论了等离子体膨胀的绝热阶段和等温阶段的具体演化规律。
• One of the driving forces behind this recent expansion is the growth of services.
  最近的这次经济扩张背后的主要推动力量之一是服务业的增长。
• The new digital technology would allow a rapid expansion in the number of TV channels.
  新的数字技术将会使电视频道的数量迅速增加。
• 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。
• Continued expansion of this production is expected.
  生产的不断扩大是预料中的事。
• '' Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.
  因为我发现了宇宙扩大速度正在加快的事实。