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expansion

美音:[ık´spænʃən ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.扩充,开展,膨胀,扩张物,辽阔,浩瀚

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expansion


/ɪk'spænʃn; ɪks`pænʃən/
n [U] action of expanding; state of being expanded 扩大; 扩展; 膨胀
*the expansion of gases when heated 气体受热时的膨胀
* the expansion of his business interests 他的商业利益的增加
* the expansion of the school system 学校机构的扩大.

expansion


n
[U and C]
when something increases in size, range, amount etc
= growth
expandexpansion of
 The rapid expansion of cities can cause social and economic problems.
expansion in
 an expansion in student numbers
[U and C]
when a company, business etc becomes larger by opening new shops, factories etc
expand
 The industry has just undergone a period of rapid expansion .
[C]
an idea, story etc that is based on one that is simpler or more general
 The novel is an expansion of a short story he wrote about forty years ago.
1. Back in the good old days of stable economic expansion — the 1950s and 1960s — a person could choose to do something new, exciting, and creative in life but could also choose to say, "That's not for me:
    回顾过去经济平稳发展的好时光--20世纪的50年代和60年代--人们可能会选择生活中某种既新鲜刺激,又有创意的事干,但是也可能会说:

2. The new emperor was quite interested in the expansion of territory.
    新皇帝对领土的扩张非常感兴趣。

3. The hospital was facing an expensive expansion to the building because of a continual shortage of beds in intensive care.
    由于重病特别护理区一直床位不足,所以医院面临着造价高昂的扩建问题,

4. In a way, China's backwardness is an advantage, because the expansion occurs just as new technologies are becoming cheaper than copper wire systems.
    从某种意义上说,中国的落后成了一种有利因素,因为这一发展正好发生在新技术比铜线电缆系统更便宜的时候。

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