英语词汇“expansion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

expansion

/ɪkˈspanʃ(ə)n

/ /ɛkˈspanʃ(ə)n/

noun [mass noun]

1The action of becoming larger or more extensive: the rapid expansion of suburban London [count noun]: a small expansion of industry...

Much of the rest of the country is paying the price of rapid economic expansion.
At the same time close links with the USA resulted in rapid economic recovery and expansion.
These years are post-integration and are from a period of rapid expansion of the industry.

Synonyms

growth, increase in size, enlargement, extension, augmentation, development, evolution;

diversification, build-up, buildout, scaling up, aggrandizement;

spread, proliferation, mushrooming, multiplication

rare evolvement

1.1The political strategy of extending a state’s territory by encroaching on that of other nations: German expansion in the 1930s...

It adopted a defensive strategy, recognizing that expansion of territory is costly in men and material.
We are currently laying plans for the establishment and territorial expansion of our nation.
Political instability and danger for the further expansion of the European Union are threatened.

1.2 [count noun] A thing formed by the enlargement or broadening of something: the book is an expansion of a lecture given last year...

This value signifies that the colony contains 37,800 sectors of cells having tract length expansions.
In a sense, this is an expansion of that book to cover the whole region.
‘I think the ballparks are smaller, the players are stronger, and we've had two expansions in the last decade,’ said Selig.

Synonyms

elaboration, enlargement, amplification, development;

embellishment

1.3The increase in the volume of fuel on combustion in the cylinder of an engine, or the piston stroke in which this occurs.If the operating temperature is higher than there is greater heat distortion due to thermal expansion hence increased friction.

Origin

Early 17th century: from late Latin expansio(n-), from Latin expandere (see expand).

单词	expansion
释义	expansion /ɪkˈspanʃ(ə)n / /ɛkˈspanʃ(ə)n/ noun [mass noun] 1The action of becoming larger or more extensive: the rapid expansion of suburban London [count noun]: a small expansion of industry... Much of the rest of the country is paying the price of rapid economic expansion. At the same time close links with the USA resulted in rapid economic recovery and expansion. These years are post-integration and are from a period of rapid expansion of the industry. Synonyms growth, increase in size, enlargement, extension, augmentation, development, evolution; diversification, build-up, buildout, scaling up, aggrandizement; spread, proliferation, mushrooming, multiplication rare evolvement 1.1The political strategy of extending a state’s territory by encroaching on that of other nations: German expansion in the 1930s... It adopted a defensive strategy, recognizing that expansion of territory is costly in men and material. We are currently laying plans for the establishment and territorial expansion of our nation. Political instability and danger for the further expansion of the European Union are threatened. 1.2 [count noun] A thing formed by the enlargement or broadening of something: the book is an expansion of a lecture given last year... This value signifies that the colony contains 37,800 sectors of cells having tract length expansions. In a sense, this is an expansion of that book to cover the whole region. ‘I think the ballparks are smaller, the players are stronger, and we've had two expansions in the last decade,’ said Selig. Synonyms elaboration, enlargement, amplification, development; embellishment 1.3The increase in the volume of fuel on combustion in the cylinder of an engine, or the piston stroke in which this occurs.If the operating temperature is higher than there is greater heat distortion due to thermal expansion hence increased friction. Origin Early 17th century: from late Latin expansio(n-), from Latin expandere (see expand). Rhymes mansion, scansion, stanchion
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