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

• We have grown by expanding our bankers population.
  通过扩充银行家的人数，我们实现了扩张。
• The trade deficit is the flip side of a rapidly expanding economy.
  贸易赤字是经济快速发展带来的负面产物。
• Our ship-building industry has been expanding rapidly.
  我们造船工业有了迅速发展。
• The company has been expanding its customer base using trade magazine advertising.
  公司一直通过在商业杂志上刊登广告扩展客户群。
• Strengthening regional economic integration and expanding trade by advancing "next-generation" trade and investment issues;
  通过推进“下一代”贸易与投资问题，加强地区经济一体化和扩大贸易；
• 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。
• 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。
• Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding
  爱因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨胀。
• 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。
• 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？