| 单词 | expand |
| 释义 | expand (ɪkspænd ) Word forms: expands , expanding , expanded 1. verb B2 If something expands or is expanded, it becomes larger. Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected. [VERB] The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to September. [VERB] We have to expand the size of the image. [VERB noun] ...a rapidly expanding universe. [VERB-ing] ...strips of expanded polystyrene. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: make bigger, increase, develop, extend 2. verb B2 If something such as a business, organization, or service expands, or if you expand it, it becomes bigger and includes more people, goods, or activities. [business] The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century. [VERB] The interest rate's coming down. I'll be able to expand or stay in business. [VERB] I owned a bookshop and desired to expand the business. [VERB noun] Health officials are proposing to expand their services by organising counselling. [VERB noun] Phrasal verbs: expand on phrasal verb If you expand on or expand upon something, you give more information or details about it when you write or talk about it. The president used today's speech to expand on remarks he made last month. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...a view that I will expand upon below. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Collocations: company expands Proceeds from the placing will assist a recruitment drive as the company expands and strengthens its incident response capability. Times, Sunday Times As the company expands, its members are gaining access to a global pool of contacts. Times, Sunday Times The faster a company expands, the greater the risk of a fall. Times, Sunday Times So expand your network - who do you know and to whom can they introduce you? Times, Sunday Times Willingness to take on assignments in different divisions or locations will help you to expand your network. Times, Sunday Times Expand your network - send out invitations but don't hassle people. Times, Sunday Times You can add speakers to expand the network as your budget allows; our prices are the minimum spend. Times, Sunday Times Nurturing the next generation of business leaders helps mentors not only to tap into a younger talent and ideas pool but also to expand their network. Times, Sunday Times It plans to expand the service to other countries, begging the question: what excuse have the other networks got? Times, Sunday Times There are plans to expand the service to university campuses. Times, Sunday Times The upgrade was for four ships and intended to expand their service life to approximately 2020. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cooperative planned to expand their service to eight other barangays in the near future. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Congestion pricing gives a signal to users to adjust their behaviour or to investors to expand the service in order to remove the constraint. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They will not mention specifics but the sponsorship opportunities are surely about to expand exponentially after being held in abeyance for some time. Times, Sunday Times This began to emerge during the 1500s, continuing to expand exponentially over time as industrialization developed in the eighteenth century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Civil aviation was expanding exponentially as the jet age got under way. Times, Sunday Times He wasn't aware that his spiritual vocation had just expanded exponentially. Christianity Today Science has expanded exponentially since the day that quote gained currency and fragmented into what seem like a thousand mutually incomprehensible micro-disciplines. Times, Sunday Times It also has ambitions to broaden its product range and expand geographically. Times, Sunday Times The larger railway companies wished to expand geographically, and large areas were considered to be under their control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This growth allowed the firm to expand geographically, offer services in valuation and transaction advisory, and establish industry practices in financial services, technology, non-profits and other areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also noted that the company has been successfully expanding geographically. Globe and Mail Nonetheless, some urban areas have expanded geographically even while losing population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The outer layers of the star then expand greatly, thus beginning the red-giant phase of the star's life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Wood's pumps and drainage allowed the city to expand greatly in area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the resort would expand greatly in the 1970s to around 400 rooms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And its powers and membership have expanded greatly. Times, Sunday Times This meant the start of much foreign travel because the company, under his guidance, expanded greatly overseas. Times, Sunday Times Proceeds will be used to reduce debt and expand internationally. Times, Sunday Times The company also sees great potential to expand internationally. Times, Sunday Times In order to maintain circulation growth, the paper needs to expand internationally and sell its content via more media outlets. Times, Sunday Times Despite the recession, the business continues to expand internationally, with 150 stores opening overseas in the past year. Times, Sunday Times Three years ago it gave her a clear mandate to re-invigorate the 112-year-old brand, famous for its trench coats, and expand internationally. Times, Sunday Times Travel, therefore, was necessary for one to develop the mind and expand knowledge of the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The classroom teachers reinforce and expand knowledge of this content area in their ongoing programs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Postgraduate qualification offers the opportunity to expand knowledge and enhance expertise in any particular field. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's sad for his family but it's stirring that he devoted his life to expanding knowledge. Times, Sunday Times He liked to rise at midday and work until dawn, devoting himself increasingly to conveying to others the fast expanding knowledge of the universe. Times, Sunday Times Small companies have been supported with a range of measures designed to encourage them to raise finance, expand overseas and take on apprentices. Times, Sunday Times The business could also expand overseas, he said. Times, Sunday Times Room to expand overseas will provide the upside for the big football brands. Times, Sunday Times Experience tells us that government support for businesses looking to expand overseas can make all the difference. Times, Sunday Times Meanwhile, the company continues to expand overseas, spending almost 70 million of its cash pile, now below 200 million, opening 125 new centres last year. Times, Sunday Times Anecdotal evidence suggests that farmers want to expand production, and so are snapping up any acres bordering their own fields. Times, Sunday Times While prices were booming, the best way to maximise profits was to expand production, not to cut costs — a dynamic that left many miners cruelly exposed when the tide turned. Times, Sunday Times Farmers need every encouragement to expand production. Times, Sunday Times Investors have to wonder when they really will start to expand production facilities again. Globe and Mail The company planned to expand production to 32 million tons by 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The electric power industry expanded rapidly. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995) But earnings at the womenswear seller were down, as it expanded rapidly. The Sun (2016) Its online business is also expanding rapidly with'significant growth' in its sales from mobile phones. Times, Sunday Times (2017) It came as the group expanded rapidly, with 32 new stores worldwide. The Sun (2016) New opportunities for work outside the home expanded rapidly. The Times Literary Supplement (2008) The money has enabled the company to expand significantly and to boost its online presence. Times, Sunday Times The major retail banks have been invited for talks with ministers today to discuss steps that would encourage them to expand significantly their provision of postgraduate loans. Times, Sunday Times In less than 18 months she had done well enough to expand significantly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, there was little state initiative to see the school expand significantly until 1919. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first ready-mix factory was built in the 1930s, but the industry did not begin to expand significantly until the 1980s, and it has continued to grow since then. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It expected the economy to expand steadily, but said that 'uncertainties about this outlook remain'. Times, Sunday Times The reach of both handwritten recipes and cookbooks would expand steadily in the coming decades, and rising literacy was only one reason. Smithsonian Mag The profession, he predicts, will continue to expand steadily - but the profile will shift, with more barristers moving into employed work. Times, Sunday Times The company expanded steadily over the next two decades, and branched out into scarves, belts, spectacles and clothes. Times, Sunday Times The economy expanded steadily from the mid-1990s till 2007. Times, Sunday Times The conference has expanded substantially over the years to become one of the largest international student conferences on the hedge fund and private equity industries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has recently expanded substantially so that second growths are now in place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After modest beginnings, the bank expanded substantially around 1900. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was expanded substantially in 1963, and expanded again in 1978 and 1980. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result of the post-1964 policies, external trade expanded substantially faster than the economy as a whole. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Who could not expand his horizon of wonder to include the silver studded blue butterfly? Times, Sunday Times The college invites scholars to deliver special lectures to enable the students to expand their horizon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Whether you seek to boost your future job prospects or just to expand your horizons, check out these ideas. Times, Sunday Times If so, it's time to expand your horizons. Times, Sunday Times Sure, they have expanded their horizons, globally and tactically, but if you have bulldozers available then why would you not use them? Times,Sunday Times In order to expand your list of contacts, you need to get out and about more to broaden your options. The Sun Ministers are facing mounting pressure to expand their list of those most at risk from the coronavirus after protests from groups saying they were unfairly excluded. Times,Sunday Times Brock hopes to expand his list of retailers carrying the line to other countries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The goal was to expand the list of priority sports each year, with each sport under a program manager. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Today, however, a growing number of congregations have expanded that list of expectations. Christianity Today He seeks to expand the pool of contributors. Times, Sunday Times The process begins again, with new homes built to expand the pool. Times, Sunday Times Networkers are generally seeking exposure to new markets and/or to expand their pool of vendors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He argues that by widening your geographical horizons, you are expanding the pool of income stocks in which you can fish. Times, Sunday Times The coalition's moves to increase the retirement age should boost growth by expanding the pool of labour. Times, Sunday Times It has the potential to expand the range of diseases that can be prevented or treated. Times,Sunday Times This would expand the range of services in many hospitals and clinics without great additional cost. Times, Sunday Times The business enables estate agencies to expand their range of services to offer the auction route by outsourcing it to us. Times, Sunday Times He was on a mission, this show stresses, to expand the range of his artistic practices and so distribute his images or 'transmit' his vision as widely as possible. Times, Sunday Times Works in other materials - tinted plaster, rubber, wax, papier-mâché, concrete, resin - expand the range of visual sensation. The Times Literary Supplement During this period, he sought to expand the reach of the empire and ride long distances on horseback, in spite of having a bad back. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These programs support research and development, helping expand the reach of local academic institutions and enhancing the local economy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Together these two cases have been interpreted to expand the reach of unwritten constitutional principles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the 1890s the company expanded the reach of the safety industry addressing hearing, respiratory and head protection equipment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Trains have greatly expanded the reach of civilization and have pushed back the frontier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We also need to rethink and expand the role of reservists, in helping the armed forces, police and intelligence agencies. Times, Sunday Times Alternate job titles such as multimedia specialist have been used to expand the role of production artists to multimedia development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The facility will enhance and expand the role of the arts on campus, serving as both an academic and extracurricular resource for students and faculty from every department. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She suggests expanding the role of health visitors to encourage supportive parenting. Times, Sunday Times These included introducing caps on charges on drawdown products, possibly expanding the role of governance committees to include retirement and introducing a pension passport. Times, Sunday Times I wanted to work internationally and expand the scope of my possibilities. Times, Sunday Times Labour has called for the government to expand the scope of the test to include consideration of the impact of any merger on research and development and science. Times, Sunday Times Most opponents are small-government conservatives who are outraged at any attempt to expand the scope of government, particularly when it involves their personal healthcare decisions. Times, Sunday Times The move was cited by the developer to be to expand the scope of indie videogames, and not as a market strategy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such results expand the scope of asymmetric hydroboration to more sterically demanding alkenes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As we expand the size of the groups with which we collaborate, we develop technologies and social structures to make the arrangements work. Times, Sunday Times New house building, and probable house price rises, may expand the size of the market, too. Times, Sunday Times These systems need to change each time we expand the size of the group we join forces with. Times, Sunday Times A further 28 per cent have already reduced their headcount and just 12 per cent plan to expand the size of their workforce over the coming quarter. Times,Sunday Times Though eurozone leaders have agreed to expand the size of their rescue fund to €1 trillion (without revealing how they will do so), economists say even this will not be sufficient. Times, Sunday Times A third runway would have expanded capacity. Times, Sunday Times Water power systems improved, and new steam powered system expanded capacity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 76 vertical flue ovens expanded capacity and increased employment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 2004, the event was repeated with an expanded capacity of 20,000. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The original school building included 34 classrooms, but an expansion in the 1990s increased that number to current total of 54 classrooms with an expanded capacity for 1215 students. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our expanded range with more items in longer lengths, bigger chests and waist sizes is keeping pace with those changes. The Sun (2016) This revamp of the original game adds an expanded range of traps and tougher monsters, while softening what used to be a vicious difficulty curve. Times, Sunday Times (2012) But it's their expanded range of general hand treatments that's really interesting. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The present regime had the declared intention of expanding the role of the administration. The Government and Politics of France (1989) She also acted as a resource point and consultant for the prison officers in carrying out their expanded role. The Prisons We Deserve (1994) One was a reaction to the wartime legacy of women's expanded role. Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anticommunism and the Making of America (1994) T here are growing calls for the big accountancy firms to be given an expanded role scrutinising companies. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He wanted to expand the operation, get them watching it, playing it. Times, Sunday Times Also, if you want to expand your operation, you need money and the statement will show you how much you can afford to invest without compromising the operation. ST The publisher continued to expand their operation well into the 1990s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Plans are in the works to expand the operation to octopus, sardines, and canned sunray clams. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1948 and 1949 a construction program was set up to expand the operation from 500 to 1200 employees. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the consultancy universe expands, it becomes more difficult to categorise companies by type of work. Times, Sunday Times First, dark energy influences how the universe expands, so it affects how the volume grows over time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thus, the universe expands - rather than shrinks - by definition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Absent of dark energy, a flat universe expands forever but at a continually decelerating rate, with expansion asymptotically approaching zero. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even without dark energy, a negatively curved universe expands forever, with gravity barely slowing the rate of expansion. 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