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

adj

When something is far-reaching or expansive it is extensive. When your friend knows every single place and time that his favorite band has played any given song, he has extensive knowledge of that band.

Use the adjective extensive for something that goes on and on and on. It works for anything that covers a lot of territory either in physical space, as in "the gardens at the palace are extensive," or conceptually, as in "her knowledge of the mortgage-backed securities market is extensive." If you are a farmer, you would also use extensive to mean that you are able to work a lot of land without too much effort or manual labor.

WORD FAMILY

extensive: coextensive, extensively, extensiveness+/coextensive: coextensively/extend: extendable, extended, extendible, extending, extends, extensible, extension, extensive, extensor, hyperextend, overextend/extended: extendedly, unextended/extensible: inextensible/extension: coextension, extensional, extensions/extensor: extensors/hyperextend: hyperextension/overextend: overextended, overextending, overextends

USAGE EXAMPLES

“The accident investigation team worked systematically through an extensive fault tree analysis,” SpaceX said in its statement.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

To get the full experience, ELS students get extensive contact with Americans both during and after class.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

There will be extensive opportunities for public hearings and for review by the governor and attorney general, Cave said.

Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016)

1adj large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
they suffered extensive damage

Syn

extended
big, large

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

2adj broad in scope or content

Syn

across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide
comprehensive

including all or everything

3adj of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor

producing wheat under extensive conditions
agriculture of the extensive type

Ant

intensive

of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor

单词	extensive
释义	extensive (once / 208 pages) adj When something is far-reaching or expansive it is extensive. When your friend knows every single place and time that his favorite band has played any given song, he has extensive knowledge of that band. Use the adjective extensive for something that goes on and on and on. It works for anything that covers a lot of territory either in physical space, as in "the gardens at the palace are extensive," or conceptually, as in "her knowledge of the mortgage-backed securities market is extensive." If you are a farmer, you would also use extensive to mean that you are able to work a lot of land without too much effort or manual labor. WORD FAMILY extensive: coextensive, extensively, extensiveness+/coextensive: coextensively/extend: extendable, extended, extendible, extending, extends, extensible, extension, extensive, extensor, hyperextend, overextend/extended: extendedly, unextended/extensible: inextensible/extension: coextension, extensional, extensions/extensor: extensors/hyperextend: hyperextension/overextend: overextended, overextending, overextends USAGE EXAMPLES “The accident investigation team worked systematically through an extensive fault tree analysis,” SpaceX said in its statement. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) To get the full experience, ELS students get extensive contact with Americans both during and after class. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) There will be extensive opportunities for public hearings and for review by the governor and attorney general, Cave said. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England they suffered extensive damage Syn extended big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent 2adj broad in scope or content Syn across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide comprehensive including all or everything 3adj of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor producing wheat under extensive conditions agriculture of the extensive type Ant intensive of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
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