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词汇 extending
释义 extending
present participle ofextend
extend
verb
uk /ɪkˈstend/ us /ɪkˈstend/

extendverb (INCREASE)


B2[ T ]
to add to something in order to make it bigger or longer: 扩大;扩展;使增加长度
We have plans to extend our house (= to make it bigger).我们计划扩建房屋。
The government has produced a series of leaflets designed to extend (= increase) public awareness of the dangers of AIDS.政府印发了一系列传单,旨在加强公众对艾滋病危害的认识。
We're planning to extend our publishing of children's books (= increase it).我们正计划扩展儿童图书的出版业务。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to increase
increaseWe need to increase production to meet demand.
growThe number of people living alone grows each year.
risePrices rose by 10 per cent.
go upHouse prices keep going up.
escalateCrime in the city has escalated in recent weeks.
B2[ T ]
to make something last longer: 延长,使延期
The bar has recently extended its opening hours (= made them longer).酒吧最近延长了营业时间。
I need to extend my visa (= make it last longer).我的签证需要延期。
They planned to extend the car park, freeing existing parking spaces for visitors.他们计划扩建停车场,腾出现有的停车位给访客用。
We had to wait months for the council to approve our plans to extend the house.我们等了几个月才等到政务委员会批准我们扩建房屋的计划。
The company is hoping to extend its market still further.公司希望可以进一步拓展市场。
The deadline for applications is being extended, in part because of the postal strike.申请的最后期限延长了,部分原因是邮局发生了罢工。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stretching the body
akimbo
crane
crane your neck
distend
distension
extend
outstretched
reach
spread
spreadeagled
stretch
stretch (yourself) out

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Becoming bigger

extendverb (STRETCH)


[ T ]
to stretch something out: 伸,伸出,伸开;展开
We've extended a clothesline (= made it reach) between two trees in the garden.我们在花园里两棵树之间系了根晾衣绳。
He extended his hand as a greeting (= held out his hand for someone to shake it).他伸出手去表示欢迎。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stretching the body
akimbo
crane
crane your neck
distend
distension
extend
outstretched
reach
spread
spreadeagled
stretch
stretch (yourself) out

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Becoming bigger

extendverb (REACH)


B2[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to reach, stretch, or continue: 伸展,延伸;延续
extend forThe Sahara Desert extends for miles.撒哈拉沙漠绵延数百英里。
extend beyondThe path extends beyond the end of the road.这条小路一直通到大路尽头很远的地方。
extend toRain is expected to extend to (= arrive in) all parts of the country by this evening.预计今天傍晚之前降雨范围会扩大到全国各个地区。
The effects of this legislation will extend (= reach) further than the government intends.这项立法所产生的影响将比政府预期的更为深远。
Our property extends as far as that line of trees over there.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stretching the body
akimbo
crane
crane your neck
distend
distension
extend
outstretched
reach
spread
spreadeagled
stretch
stretch (yourself) out

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Becoming bigger

extendverb (OFFER)


[ T ]formal
to offer or give something to someone: 提供;给予
extend your thanks to someoneI should like to extend my thanks to you for your kindness.对您的好意我谨致以衷心感谢。
extend a welcome to someoneThe chairperson extended a warm welcome to the guest speaker.主席向特邀演讲人表示热烈欢迎。
The government is extending aid to people who have been affected by the earthquake.政府正在为地震受灾居民提供援助。
[ + two objects ]The bank has agreed to extend us money/extend money to us (= lend us money) to buy our house.银行已经同意向我们提供购房贷款。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Giving, providing and supplying
accommodate
accommodate someone with something
accord
administer
administration
afford
arm someone with something
dish
hand off
hand something around
hand something back
hand something down
hand something in
invest
outfit
re-equipment
reassign
reassignment
rebid
regift

extendverb (INCLUDE)


[ I+ adv/prep ]
to include or affect someone or something: 包括;影响到;适用于
extend toParking restrictions do not extend to disabled people.停车限制不适用于残疾人士。
Her new-found tolerance does not extend to single mothers.她近来培养出一颗包容之心,可是对单身母亲仍然谈不上宽容。
The invitation did not extend to family members.受邀者不能带家属赴约。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Including and containing
absorptive capacity
accessibly
all in
assimilable
assimilate
carry
cast
draw
EDI
EDIB
embody
embracingly
encompass
factor
number someone/something among someone/something
O, o
pack something in
pepper
pepper something with something
seat

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Affecting and influencing

extendverb (USE ABILITY)


[ T ]
to cause someone to use all their ability: 使发挥才干;使才尽其用;使竭尽全力
She feels that her job doesn't extend her enough.她觉得她的工作不能充分发挥她的才干。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Trying and making an effort
A game
all out
assault
attempt
attempted
commitment
crack
go after someone
go all outidiom
go down swinging/fightingidiom
go for itidiom
go for someone
nose
seek
shoot the worksidiom
smarten (someone/something) up
smarten up your actidiom
spare
square the circleidiom
step on the gasidiom

Examples of extending


extending

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Extending the time duration of plume removal beyond 10 ms does not result in a significant decrease in energy.
The results from the second were based on verbal actions, which were seen as extending and clarifying behavioural actions.
Extending our work to consider other kinds of utility functions without that link would be useful. 10.
After the initial discovery, a large literature was published extending the result in various directions.
We hope that presenting alternative arguments may be useful to readers interested in extending the theory.
In recent years, scholars extending economic analysis to political institutions have paid an increasing amount of attention to informal modes of governance.
The ventral epicondyle is enlarged, extending distally to below the level of the dorsal and ventral condyles.
Petiole with dorsal lateral carinae strongly elevated over basal half, much weaker posteriorly, but extending to posterior margin.
It is not always possible to have a continuous solution extending from far upstream to far downstream.
The drag is unchanged by extending the fuselage cylindrically downstream, and then reversing the flow direction.
Accommodating the elderly : invoking and extending a theory.
The general ideas offered here prove useful in extending urban patterns to the electronic city.
This accessory atrioventricular connection extending across the atrioventricular node was found in an infant dying suddenly and unexpectedly.
It is a condition that does not lead to contentment and an even satisfaction, but to an ever extending desire for the choice fruits tasted.
There have been a number of other proposals to develop default logic by extending the syntax of default rules.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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