expansionnoun
U C扩张；扩展；扩大；膨胀
an act of increasing or making sth increase in size, amount or importance
a period of rapid economic expansion
经济迅猛发展期
Despite the recession the company is confident of further expansion.
尽管经济衰退，公司对进一步扩展仍充满信心。
The book is an expansion of a series of lectures given last year.
本书是去年举行的系列讲座的扩充。
noun
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- the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
- Synonym: enlargement
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- adding information or detail
- Synonym: expanding upon
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- a discussion that provides additional information
- Synonym: enlargement elaboration
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- a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
- the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2
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A rise in the temperature of the gas results in its expansion .
气体温度上升致使气体膨胀。
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" From the infinity small to the infinity large , contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus : amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras , " explains the Pompidou Centre .
蓬皮杜中心解释道：“从无限小到无限大，收缩和膨胀在焦点之间反复游走着：有弗拉芒画派的精细，还有他用于菲格拉斯博物馆剧院那幅旧画的艳丽巴洛克风格。”
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The expansion of higher education should be a powerful force for change .
高等教育的发展对变革应该是一个强大的推动力。
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The company is forging ahead with its plans for expansion .
公司的拓展计划正顺利进行。
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The book is an expansion of a series of lectures given last year .
本书是去年举行的系列讲座的扩充。
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Despite the recession the company is confident of further expansion .
尽管经济衰退，公司对进一步扩展仍充满信心。
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The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer .
内存扩充卡是计算机很有用的附件。
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The company intends a slow-down in expansion .
公司准备放慢扩展速度。
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One of the driving forces behind this recent expansion is the growth of services .
最近的这次经济扩张背后的主要推动力量之一是服务业的增长。
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The new digital technology would allow a rapid expansion in the number of TV channels .
新的数字技术将会使电视频道的数量迅速增加。
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The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system .
中等教育的大幅扩张正对该系统造成巨大压力。
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The company has abandoned plans for further expansion .
该公司已经放弃了进一步扩张的计划。
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The expansion of Western capitalism incorporated the Third World into an exploitative world system .
西方资本主义的扩张将第三世界并入了剥削性的世界体系中。
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This revolutionary expansion required energetic nation-building policies .
这种跨越式的扩张需要有活力的国家建设政策。
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Future expansion of the business calls for two new factories .
将来业务扩大需要建造两个新工厂。
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His big book is an expansion of the little book he wrote before .
他那本大部头著作是由他以前写的那本小书扩充而成的。
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Their desire for expansion has increased .
他们的扩张欲望有增无减。
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The runway of this airport is undergoing expansion to accommodate large planes .
这个机场的跑道正在扩建以适应大型飞机起落。
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The plan will give an impulse to industrial expansion .
这个计划将促进工业的扩展。
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He gave an expansion of that affair .
他详述了那件事。
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On both large and small farms , one of the principal inhibitions to expansion of production can be insecurity of tenure .
不论大农场或小农场，扩大生产的主要抑制因素可能是租地使用权缺乏保障。
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Similarly , risk concentrations that might be acceptable at a single institution in a period of economic expansion could be dangerous if they existed at a large number of institutions simultaneously .
同样，在经济扩张时期，一个单独的机构可以接受的风险集中，如果在大量的机构中同时存在，就是十分危险的。
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Chinese officials say the expansion in Antarctica prioritises scientific research .
中国官员说，在南极洲的拓展以科学研究为重点。
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It 's also pushing ahead in 2016 with an expansion of Bluemercury , the beauty chain it bought last year .
它还将在2016年大力推进扩展去年收购的美妆用品连锁Bluemercury。
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Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains .
各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
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The circumstances were not propitious for further expansion of the company .
这些情况不利于公司的进一步发展。
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They formed cliques and carried arms expansion and war preparations .
他们拉帮结派，扩军备战
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effectively contain the expansion of terrorist activity into the heartland
有效遏制恐怖活动向内地蔓延
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But Oxford and Cambridge have both said there were no plans for any such expansion .
但对此，牛津大学和剑桥大学均表示没有此类的扩张计划。
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This expansion , which has come together with rapid advances in the technology , has seen exoskeletons increasingly used by manufacturing workers .
与此同时，伴随着技术的快速发展，制造工人越来越多地使用外骨骼。