expands

A child 's vocabulary expands through reading .

孩子的词汇量通过阅读得到扩大。

The lesson taught by plants is that sharing life expands and enhances the sphere of the living , while dividing life into so-called natural or human resources diminishes it .

植物给我们的教训是,共享生命可以扩大和增强生命的范围,而将生命划分为所谓的自然资源或人类资源则会削弱生命的范围。

Could you expand on that point , please ?

请你把这一点详细说明一下好吗？

The government provided an additional £ 25 million to expand the service .

政府另拨2500万英镑用于扩展该服务项目。

There are no plans to expand the local airport .

目前尚无扩建地方机场的方案。

I repeated the question and waited for her to expand .

我把问题重复了一遍，等着她详细回答。

The attempt to expand the business was a catastrophe for the firm .

扩展业务的尝试使这家公司陷入困境。

Looking forward , we hope to expand our operations in several of our overseas branches .

展望未来，我们希望拓展其中几家海外分公司的业务。

The school has been refused permission to expand .

学校扩充未得到许可。

If metal gets hot it expands .

金属受热就膨胀。

The waist expands to fit all sizes .

腰围可松可紧适合任何尺码。

The country was trying to expand territorially .

这个国家在设法扩张领土。

In breathing the chest muscles expand the rib cage and allow air to be sucked into the lungs .

呼吸时胸部肌肉使胸廓扩大让空气吸入肺部。

We have to expand the size of the image .

我们不得不放大图像的尺寸。

The ultimate aim is to expand the network further .

最终目的是为了进一步拓展该网络。

As your horizons expand , these new ideas can give a whole new meaning to life

随着眼界不断开阔，这些新观念会为生活赋予全新的意义。

The president used today 's speech to expand on remarks he made last month .

总统利用今天的演讲更充分地阐述了他上个月所讲的话。

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。

They need to expand the number of farmers who are involved if the scheme 's going to really take off

这个方案要想真正成功，他们就需要增加参与的农场主的人数。

I owned a bookshop and desired to expand the business

我拥有一家书店，想要扩大业务。

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。

As it expands its services around the continent , the competition it offers should force the other airlines to raise their game .

这家航空公司在整个大陆拓展业务所带来的竞争会迫使其他航空公司有更好的表现。

Consequently , even as the blogosphere continues to expand , only a few blogs are likely to emerge as focal points .

结果，尽管博客圈继续扩大，但仅有少数的博客有可能脱颖而出，成为关注的焦点。

Our company is eager to expand into new markets .

我们公司急欲开辟新的市场。

This material compresses well and then expands rapidly .

这种材料便于压缩，张开时速度又快。

The king sought to expand his realm .

国王谋求扩大领土。

When air is heated , it expands and when air is cooled , it contracts .

空气遇热时膨胀，变冷时收缩。

China will further expand the scope of its opened-up areas .

中国要进一步扩大开放范围。

Objects expand when heated and contract when cooled .

物体热则涨，冷则缩。

When matter is heated , it expands .

物体受热则膨胀。