動(dòng)詞 expand:

1. extend in one or more directions
   同義詞：expand, spread out
2. become larger in size or volume or quantity
   同義詞：expand
3. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
   同義詞：expand
4. grow stronger
   同義詞：boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish, expand
5. exaggerate or make bigger
   同義詞：inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
6. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
   同義詞：elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
7. expand the influence of
   同義詞：extend, expand

1. Our foreign trade is continuously expanding.
   我們的對外貿(mào)易不斷發(fā)展。
2. The city is expanding.
   該城市正在擴(kuò)展。
3. The project was predicated on the assumption that the economy was expanding.
   這一計(jì)劃是以經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的設(shè)想為依據(jù)的。
4. The expanding economy enriched the peasants.
   不斷發(fā)展的經(jīng)濟(jì)使農(nóng)民們富裕起來。