Extend
[ɪk'stend;ek-] or [ɪk'stɛnd]
解释:
(verb.) expand the influence of; 'The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent'.
(verb.) make available; provide; 'extend a loan'; 'The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages'.
(verb.) reach outward in space; 'The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk'.
(verb.) open or straighten out; unbend; 'Can we extend the legs of this dining table?'.
(verb.) prolong the time allowed for payment of; 'extend the loan'.
(verb.) increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; 'stretch the soup by adding some more cream'; 'extend the casserole with a little rice'.
编辑:珀西--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.
(v. t.) To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
(v. t.) To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.
(v. t.) To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
(v. t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
(v. t.) To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.
(v. t.) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
整理:威尔伯
同义词及近义词：
v. a. [1]. Stretch out, reach out, reach forth.[2]. Prolong, continue, lengthen out, protract.[3]. Expand, dilate, enlarge, widen, augment, increase, fill out.[4]. Diffuse, spread abroad.[5]. Offer, yield, give, impart.
v. n. Stretch, reach, spread.
录入:欧文
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Prolong, stretch, expand, enlarge, increase, augment, reach, spread, amplify,avail, apply
ANT:Curtail, contract, restrict, narrow, limit, recur, return, miss, fail
整理:罗莎
解释:
v.t. to stretch out: to prolong in any direction: to enlarge expand: to widen: to hold out: to bestow or impart: (law) to seize: to make a valuation of property by the oath of a jury.—v.i. to stretch: to be continued in length or breadth.—adj. Extend′ant (her.) displayed.—adv. Extend′edly.—adjs. Extend′ible; Extense′ (obs.) extensive.—n. Extensibil′ity.—adjs. Extens′ible Extens′ile that may be extended.—Exten′sion a stretching out prolongation or enlargement: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space: (logic) a term opposed to Intension referring to the extent of the application of a term or the number of objects included under it (University extension the enlargement of the aim of a university in providing instruction for those unable to become regular students).—adj. Exten′sional.—ns. Exten′sionist; Exten′sity sensation from which perception of extension is derived.—adj. Extens′ive large: comprehensive.—adv. Extens′ively.—ns. Extens′iveness; Exten′sor a muscle which extends or straightens any part of the body; Extent′ the space or degree to which a thing is extended: bulk: compass: scope: the valuation of property: (law) a writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown: (Shak.) seizure attack: (Shak.) maintenance: (Shak.) behaviour.—adj. stretched out.
珍妮特编辑
例句:
- In those in which they take place, and are in farm, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- If so, you must extend your suspicions and comprehend _Mr_. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- It does not, however, like the American bounty, extend to the importation of undressed flax. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- There I was told the island belonged to Turkey, as the Greek tributary islands only extend as far down as Santorin. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- A boss was telling a governor how to extend his power. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- It is to be almost inclosed by massive stone piers, one of which will extend into the sea over three thousand feet in a straight line. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- To the scientists it would be a challenge--to bring these facts under the light of their researches, to extend these researches to the borders of those facts. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- His right extended to the back-water up the ravine opening into the Cumberland south of the village. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- As he extended his hand with a magnificently forgiving air, and as I was broken by illness and unfit to quarrel, I took it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- From these ends is extended the spindle of Necessity, on which all the revolutions turn. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The Eastern German front was more extended and less systematically entrenched than the Western. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In agriculture the raising of grain has extended in the Nineteenth Century to enormous proportions. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- They had been searching among the northern hordes, and only within the past few days had they extended their quest to the south. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Canler turned and extended his hand. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Stephenson laid down new rails at Killingworth with half-lap joints, or extending over each other for a certain distance at the ends, instead of the butt joints that were formerly used. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The church in the thirteenth century was extending its legal power in the world, and losing its grip upon men's consciences. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He described the experience in the following words:-- A thrilling, extending from the chest to the extremities, was almost immediately p roduced. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- As this causes a loud repetition of the original signals, it will be seen that relaying is an economic method of extending a telegraph circuit beyond the natural limits of its battery power. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- His reaching Bragg's flank and extending across it was to be the signal for Thomas's assault of the ridge. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Not them Mounds without,' said Mr Wegg, extending his right hand with an air of solemn reasoning, 'encouragement? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- After the breaking out of the war there was a regiment of volunteer soldiers quartered at Fort Gratiot, the reservation extending to the boundary line of our house. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- My personal share in the events of the family story extends no farther than the point which I have just reached. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The method extends our practical control. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- A small part of the end of the wire extends beyond the jaws. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The horn extends beyond the machine and the singer, band or orchestra is stationed in front of the mouth of this horn. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I have observed in books written by men, that period assigned as the farthest to which a husband's ardour extends. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The canal extends nearly due south to Suez on the Red Sea, a distance of about 100 miles, through barren wastes of sand and an occasional lake. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- In small towns and country villages, on account of the narrowness of the market, trade cannot always be extended as stock extends. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
编辑:兰德尔