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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectb2He 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- considerable
- enormous
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- show
- experience
- undergo
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- occur
- take place
- plan
- programme/program
- expansion into
- expansion in
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- a period of expansion
- the rate of expansion
- potential, room, scope, etc. for expansion
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin expansio(n-), from Latin expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’.