covering a large amount of space 廣闊的;遼闊的;浩瀚的 She opened her arms wide in an expansive gesture of welcome. 她展開雙臂以示歡迎。 landscape with expansive skies 以遼闊藍天爲背景的風景 He waved an expansive arm (= in an expansive movement). 他揮舞着一只大手。
covering a large subject area, rather than trying to be exact and use few words 廣泛的;全面的 We need to look at a more expansive definition of the term. 我們需要考慮這個用語所包含的更廣泛意義。 The piece is written in his usual expansive style. 這篇文章是以他慣常的洋洋灑灑的風格寫成的。
friendly and willing to talk a lot 友善健談的;開朗的 (especially of a period of time )尤指一段時間 encouraging economic expansion 刺激經濟擴展的