expanding

英 [ɪkˈspændɪŋ]

美 [ɪkˈspændɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：expanding　

TOEFL机械

BNC.6955 / COCA.6406

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

• Can the human race carry on expanding and growing the same way that it is now?
  人类能继续像目前这样扩张和增长下去吗？
• TWAN is an innovative new approach to expanding this global perspective.
  TWAN就是一个创新的新途径，一个扩大这一全球性的观点的方案！
• Our automobile industry is expanding.
  我们的汽车工业在发展。
• Expanding employment, increasing income, and fostering and enhancing the residents'consumption capacity.
  扩大就业、增加收入，培育和提高居民消费能力。
• Our company is thinking of expanding its business relationship with China.
  我公司想扩大与中国的贸易关系。
• Another is expanding social opportunities for the elderly.
  另一个原因是社会上老人的机会增加了。
• To develop personal consumption credit business is of great significance in expanding domestic demand and fueling consumption.
  发展个人消费信贷业务对扩大内需和拉动消费具有重要意义。
• Brazil is expanding agricultural production, reinforcing the country's position as the world's second-largest food exporter.
  巴西正扩大粮食生产，此举增强了我国作为世界第二大粮食出口国的地位。
• Like other developing countries with expanding economies, as China grows, its demand for energy is also growing.
  像其他经济扩张的发展中国家一样，随着中国的增长，它对能源的需求也在增长。
• In the meantime, China is expanding broadcasting and program-making cooperation with African countries.
  与此同时，在广播和节目制作方面，中国也展开与非洲国家的合作。