expands

英 [ɪkˈspændz]

美 [ɪkˈspændz]

v.  扩大，增加，增强(尺码、数量或重要性); 扩展，发展(业务); 细谈; 详述; 详细阐明
expand的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 扩充;扩大;增加
  If somethingexpandsoris expanded, it becomes larger.
  1. Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected...
     工程师注意到管道并没有如预期那样膨胀。
  2. The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to September...
     截至9月，当年的货币供应增加了14.6％。
  3. We have to expand the size of the image.
     我们不得不放大图像的尺寸。
  4. ...a rapidly expanding universe.
     迅速扩张的宇宙
  5. ...strips of expanded polystyrene.
     聚苯乙烯泡沫条
• V-ERG 扩大；发展；扩展
  If something such as a business, organization, or serviceexpands, or if youexpandit, it becomes bigger and includes more people, goods, or activities.
  1. The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century...
     到19世纪中期，大众制陶业得到了发展。
  2. The interest rate's coming down. I'll be able to expand or stay in business...
     利率正在降低，我可以扩大公司或者维持经营。
  3. I owned a bookshop and desired to expand the business...
     我拥有一家书店，想要扩大业务。
  4. Health officials are proposing to expand their services by organising counselling.
     卫生官员计划通过组织咨询来扩展他们的服务。

双语例句

• This factory expands to the riverside.
  这个工厂的地界扩展到河边。
• If a company gets bigger, it expands.
  公司变大了是指公司的营业扩大了。
• This second edition expands on the theoretical, technical, and clinical issues addressed in the popular first edition.
  此第二版扩展了第一版中流行的解决理论，技术和临床问题。
• Seam adds to EJB3 annotations and expands the annotation-based programming model to the entire web application.
  Seam加入了EJB3的注解，为整个web应用拓展了基于注解的编程模型。
• But as China grows and expands, it's going to be using more energy as well.
  但随着中国的增长和发展，它也将使用更多的能源。
• This time, the study further expands the age range of television impact.
  这一次的研究，进一步扩大了电视造成影响的年龄范围。
• This is needed as development expands and skills are needed to advance the new standard of living.
  随着发展的深入，以及对提高生活水平的技术需求，这就变得必需了。
• The timber expands as it absorbs moisture from the atmosphere.
  木材吸收大气中的潮气后会膨胀。
• Taking advantage of this product knowledge expands the value and role of our testers.
  通过这个产品知识扩展了我们测试人员的价值和作用。
• In this stage, the scope of CBD expands to include component design.
  在这一阶段，基于组件开发（CBD）的范围扩大到了包含组件设计。