英語詞匯
表示“擴大”、“擴張”的動詞
嘉中
expand 指在大小、尺寸、容積、體積、程度、數量、范圍、區域等方面擴大，擴展，擴充；
也可表示“膨脹”的意思。
例句：
Objects will expand when they are heated and contracted when they are cooled.
物體受熱膨脹，受冷則收縮。
In breathing the chest muscles expand the rib cage and allow air to be sucked into
the lungs.
呼吸時，胸肌擴張胸腔，讓空氣吸入肺部。
Substances have no tendency to expand unless heated.
物質除非受熱，否則沒有膨脹的傾向。
The school has been refused permission to expand by local authority.
當地當局拒絕批準這所學校擴建。
We hope that we can further expand our academic exchanges and cooperation
between our two universities.
我們希望我們可以進一步擴大我們兩校之間的學術交流和合作。
Our company has developed rapidly these years and its business has expanded
overseas.
我們公司這幾年發展迅速，業務已經擴大到海外。
enlarge “擴大”，“放大”主要指在大小、體積、面積寬度、長度、數量等方面的增加或擴
大，也可指增加、增大容積或范圍。有時可以與 expand 換用。
例句：
They enlarged their hotel by building a new wing.
他們通過建造一個新的側裙擴展他們的酒店。
The best way to enlarge your vocabulary is to read extensively.
擴大你的詞匯量的最好辦法是泛讀。
This photograph is too small, please enlarge it for me.
這張照片太小，請把它給我放大。
There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.
有計劃要擴大跑道，使大型噴氣式飛機能夠降落。
It is one of the hallmarks of life that it continues to enlarge the space of its own
being.
生物的一個特點是不斷發展自己的生存空間。
We will do our best to enlarge trade relationship between us.
我們將盡力擴大同你們的貿易關系。
If completed, the deal would significantly enlarge our presence in the textile
business.
如果交易完成，我們在紡織行業的存在感將大大擴大。
inflate “膨脹”、“充氣”，通常指將某物充氣使之膨脹，也可指價使通貨膨脹、抬高物價
格。
例句：
Being both lighter than air and nonflammable, helium is used to inflate balloons and
airships.
氦比空氣輕，並且不可燃，可用來充氣氣球和飛艇。
Opening the door in an emergency will automatically inflate the evacuation slides.
打開緊急出口的門會自動充氣逃離滑梯。
The bad harvest of crops this year has inflated the price of food.
今年的歉收使食品價格上漲。
The buyers bid against each other and often inflate the prices they pay.
買主們競相投標，往往人為地提高他們支付的價錢。
Some inventors see signs of bubbles starting to inflate again in the stocks.
有些股民看到瞭股市泡沫再度開始膨脹的跡象。
Axe says that the management pressured him to inflate cost estimates on repairs.
阿克斯說，管理部門迫使他誇大瞭維修費用的估算。
swell “腫大”，指人體部位腫脹，常引申出“擴張”、“膨脹”等意思。
例句：
My face is swollen because I have just had a tooth out.
我的臉腫瞭，因為我剛才撥瞭一顆牙。
Bacteria can cause gums to swell and bleed.
細菌會導致牙齦腫脹和出血。
Her ankle was already starting to swell.
她的腳踝已經開始腫瞭。
His infant company swelled into a giant corporation within a very short time.
在很短的時間內，他開辦不久的公司發展成為一傢大公司。
The number of applicants has swollen to more than one thousand.
申請者的數量已經飆升到一千多人。
The wave of the newly-arrived refugees swelled the ranks of the unemployed.
新來的難民潮使失業的人數激增。
We are looking for more volunteers to swell the ranks of those already helping.
我們正在尋找更多的志願者來擴大已經在提供幫助的隊伍。