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

• As our customer base expands, we'll be ready with outstanding support and new products.
  由于我们的客户群的扩大，我们将准备支持和出色的新产品。
• The timber expands as it absorbs moisture from the atmosphere.
  木材吸收大气中的潮气后会膨胀。
• Iron expands when it is heated.
  铁遇热就膨胀。
• It all expands and collapses as expected in firebug.
  这一切都为扩大和崩溃在Firebug预期。
• 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。
• The virtual revelation research and application based on computer alternative technology expands the area of industrial design.
  基于计算机交互技术的虚拟展示的研究与应用是对工业设计领域的拓展。
• When matter is heated, it expands.
  物体受热则膨胀。
• In AIX, virtual I/ O ( VIO) expands on this idea.
  在AIX中，虚拟I/O（VIO）扩展了此概念。
• 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。
• 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。