expansion
noun OPAL W
/ɪkˈspænʃn/
/ɪkˈspænʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- an act of increasing or making something increase in size, amount or importance
扩张;扩展;扩大;膨胀 - a period of rapid economic expansion
经济迅猛发展期 - 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。 - The expansion of higher education will continue.
高等教育将继续扩大规模。 - 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。
Topics Change, cause and effectb2- He opposed expansion of the army and navy.
他反对扩张陆军和海军。 - In order to finance expansion on this scale, the government has relied heavily on borrowing.
为了在财政上支持如此规模的发展,政府严重依赖于借贷。 - Russian expansion to the East and South
俄罗斯向东和向南的扩张 - She proposed a modest expansion of unemployment benefits.
她提议适度扩大失业救济。 - The board decided to embark on aggressive overseas expansion.
董事会决定着手积极拓展海外业务。 - The company believes there is scope for expansion in this sector.
公司相信这一行业还有发展的空间。 - The economy is still showing healthy expansion.
经济仍显示出健康发展的势头。 - The museum is undergoing a major expansion.
这座博物馆正在进行大面积的扩建。 - The rate of expansion of our overseas trade has been spectacular.
我们海外贸易的发展速度非常惊人。 - a great age of expansion in trade and science
贸易和科学发展的大好时期 - an $80 million expansion of its Madras factory
其所属的马德拉斯工厂一项花费 8,000 万美元的扩展项目 - expansion into the luxury car market
向豪华轿车市场进军 - the largest prison expansion in American history
美国历史上最大规模的监狱扩建
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- considerable
- enormous
- …
- show
- experience
- undergo
- …
- occur
- take place
- plan
- programme/program
- expansion into
- expansion in
- expansion to
- …
- a period of expansion
- the rate of expansion
- potential, room, scope, etc. for expansion
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词源early 17th cent.: from late Latin expansio(n-), from Latin expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’. - a period of rapid economic expansion