expansion

noun

1. 扩张；扩展；扩大；膨胀
   an act of increasing or making sth increase in size, amount or importance
   1. a period of rapid economic expansion
      经济迅猛发展期
   2. Despite the recession the company is confident of further expansion.
      尽管经济衰退，公司对进一步扩展仍充满信心。
   3. The book is an expansion of a series of lectures given last year.
      本书是去年举行的系列讲座的扩充。

1. N-VAR 扩张;扩充;扩大;发展
   Expansion is the process of becoming greater in size, number, or amount.
   1. ...the rapid expansion of private health insurance.
      个人健康保险的迅速发展
   2. ...a new period of economic expansion...
      经济发展的新时期
   3. The company has abandoned plans for further expansion.
      该公司已经放弃了进一步扩张的计划。

1. The new digital technology would allow a rapid expansion in the number of TV channels.
   新的数字技术将会使电视频道的数量迅速增加。
2. The company has abandoned plans for further expansion.
   该公司已经放弃了进一步扩张的计划。
3. The expansion of Western capitalism incorporated the Third World into an exploitative world system.
   西方资本主义的扩张将第三世界并入了剥削性的世界体系中。
4. One of the driving forces behind this recent expansion is the growth of services.
   最近的这次经济扩张背后的主要推动力量之一是服务业的增长。
5. This revolutionary expansion required energetic nation-building policies.
   这种跨越式的扩张需要有活力的国家建设政策。
6. The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system.
   中等教育的大幅扩张正对该系统造成巨大压力。
7. His big book is an expansion of the little book he wrote before.
   他那本大部头著作是由他以前写的那本小书扩充而成的。
8. Future expansion of the business calls for two new factories.
   将来业务扩大需要建造两个新工厂。
9. The runway of this airport is undergoing expansion to accommodate large planes.
   这个机场的跑道正在扩建以适应大型飞机起落。
10. Their desire for expansion has increased.
    他们的扩张欲望有增无减。
11. A rise in the temperature of the gas results in its expansion.
    气体温度上升致使气体膨胀。
12. In some countries and regions, inequality worsened, as poor people did not reap the fruits of economic expansion, because of a lack of job opportunities, limited education or bad health.
    在有些国家和地区，不平等现象出现恶化，贫困人口未能收获经济扩张的成果，原因是缺少就业机会、教育水平有限或健康状况不佳。
13. Similarly, risk concentrations that might be acceptable at a single institution in a period of economic expansion could be dangerous if they existed at a large number of institutions simultaneously.
    同样，在经济扩张时期，一个单独的机构可以接受的风险集中，如果在大量的机构中同时存在，就是十分危险的。
14. He gave an expansion of that affair.
    他详述了那件事。
15. On both large and small farms, one of the principal inhibitions to expansion of production can be insecurity of tenure.
    不论大农场或小农场，扩大生产的主要抑制因素可能是租地使用权缺乏保障。
16. The plan will give an impulse to industrial expansion.
    这个计划将促进工业的扩展。
17. With the development of industry and population expansion, the condition will be worse.
    随着工业的发展和人口的增加，这种状况会变得越来越坏。
18. It can be used both in the macro pattern and in the expansion.
    它可以用于宏模式和展开式中。
19. '' Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.
    因为我发现了宇宙扩大速度正在加快的事实。
20. On Wednesday, Peugeot said it had begun a new chapter in its history and its global expansion.
    周三，标致宣布，它的企业历史和全球扩张都已翻开了新篇章。
21. On circuit design, chip peripheral expansion, to achieve temperature control and regulation functions.
    通过对电路的设计，对芯片的外围扩展，来达到对温度的控制和调节功能。
22. With the continuous development and expansion of business, partners and scope are also Further enlargement.
    随着业务的不断发展和扩大，合作伙伴和范围也在进一步的扩大。
23. Continued expansion of this production is expected.
    生产的不断扩大是预料中的事。
24. It can include financial projections and the planned steps for expansion.
    包括财务预测和规划的扩张步骤。
25. We reviewed and analysed policy decisions and programme development, implementation and expansion.
    我们评估和分析了政策决策和项目的制定、实施和扩展。
26. Expansion and make-up of the water, air releasing and water treatment.
    扩大和化妆水，空气和水的处理释放。
27. Then, evolvement laws of plasma in both isothermal stage and adiabatic expansion stage are discussed.
    进而讨论了等离子体膨胀的绝热阶段和等温阶段的具体演化规律。
28. An unprecedented expansion in population and industry.
    史无前例的人口和工业膨胀。
29. Steel and concrete have almost the same rate of contraction and expansion.
    钢和混凝土有几乎相同的收缩率和膨胀率。
30. This research helps support an evaluation of the impact of expansion proposals for the Underground system.
    这项研究有助于对扩建地下系统带来的影响进行评估。

noun

1. the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

   Synonym:    enlargement

2. adding information or detail

   Synonym:    expanding upon

3. a discussion that provides additional information

   Synonym:    enlargementelaboration

4. a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
   1. the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2