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| 1 | I to become larger in size and filling more space 变大；扩大；膨胀 |
| The water froze inside the pipe, causing it to expand and burst. 管道里的水结成了冰，导致管身膨胀爆裂。 |
| We live in an expanding universe. 我们居住在一个不断膨胀的宇宙里。 |
| | 1a | T to make something do this 使变大；使扩大；使膨胀 | | We plan to expand the pub by adding a family room. 我们打算通过添一个家庭间来扩大这个酒吧。 | |
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| 2 | I if a business , organization , or activity expands, it grows by including more people , moving into new areas, selling more products etc （企业、组织或活动）扩展，拓展，发展 |
| Britain’ s universities expanded at an unprecedented rate at the end of the 20th century. 英国大学在20世纪末的扩展速度可谓史无前例。 |
| the rapidly expanding IT sector 快速发展的信息技术产业 |
| +into The group has expanded into Germany. 这个集团已经拓展到德国。 |
| | 2a | T to make a business , organization , or activity do this 使扩展；使拓展；使发展 | | The EU could be expanded to include former communist countries. 欧盟可以通过吸收前共产主义国家来扩大自己的规模。 | |
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| 3 | I +on/upon to talk or write more about something , adding more details or information 详述，充分叙述（以补充） |
| I refuse to expand any further on my earlier statement. 对于之前的声明我拒绝再作任何补充。 |
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| 4 | I/T formal to open and spread out 张开；展开；伸展 |
| The hawk expanded its wings and soared into the sky. 老鹰展开双翅飞上高空。 |
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| 5 | T technical in mathematics , to write an expression in a longer form 展开（数学表达式） |
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