covering a large amount of space 广阔的;辽阔的;浩瀚的 She opened her arms wide in an expansive gesture of welcome. 她展开双臂以示欢迎。 landscape with expansive skies 以辽阔蓝天为背景的风景 He waved an expansive arm (= in an expansive movement). 他挥舞着一只大手。
covering a large subject area, rather than trying to be exact and use few words 广泛的;全面的 We need to look at a more expansive definition of the term. 我们需要考虑这个用语所包含的更广泛意义。 The piece is written in his usual expansive style. 这篇文章是以他惯常的洋洋洒洒的风格写成的。
friendly and willing to talk a lot 友善健谈的;开朗的 (especially of a period of time )尤指一段时间 encouraging economic expansion 刺激经济扩展的