extensive
/ɪkˈstensɪv/adjective
1
- covering or affecting a large area广阔的, 广大的; 影响广大地区的：
an extensive garden.
一个占地面积很大的花园。
1.1
- large in amount or scale大量的, 数量大的; 规模大的; 广泛的：
an extensive collection of silver.
大量收集的银子。
2
- (of agriculture) obtaining a relatively small crop from a large area with a minimum of attention and expense（农业）粗放（经营）的：
extensive farming techniques.
粗放耕作技术。常与INTENSIVE（义项1）相对。
派生词
extensively
adverbextensiveness
noun词源
late Middle English: from French extensif, -ive or late Latin extensivus, from extens- 'stretched out', from the verb extendere （see EXTEND）.