動詞 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.
   我們的對外貿易不斷發(fā)展。
2. The city is expanding.
   該城市正在擴展。
3. The project was predicated on the assumption that the economy was expanding.
   這一計劃是以經濟發(fā)展的設想為依據的。
4. The expanding economy enriched the peasants.
   不斷發(fā)展的經濟使農民們富裕起來。