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enlarging

/en-lahrj/US // ɛnˈlɑrdʒ //UK // (ɪnˈlɑːdʒ) //

扩增,扩大,扩建,扩充

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v.有主动词 verb
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    en·larged, en·larg·ing.

    • : to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to: They enlarged the house by adding an east wing.
    • : to increase the capacity or scope of; expand: We've decided to enlarge the company.
    • : to make larger than the negative by projecting the negative's image through a lens onto photographic printing paper.
v.无主动词 verb
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    en·larged, en·larg·ing.

    • : to grow larger; increase; expand.
    • : to speak or write at large; expatiate: to enlarge upon a point.

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Examples

  • Even a frugal firm like Wal-Mart is enlarging its Silicon Valley presence.

  • I initially had great hopes that this 10-part miniseries would have a tangible impact on enlarging the jazz audience.

  • The result is a rapidly enlarging blood clot, called a hematoma.

  • They also discussed the possibilities of enlarging the energy contracts for Russian oil companies.

  • As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center.

  • The enlarging the fire-place end of boilers or fire-tubes has led to many forms.

  • The number of communicants, at the latest date, was thirty, and the field of labor was rapidly enlarging by immigration.

  • It did come; a very moderate and cautious bill, enlarging the area of the franchise in boroughs and counties.

  • Reading which does not result in enlarging, stimulating, and refining one's nature is but a busy idleness.

  • Briefly, by enlarging his enterprise, Terry threw away the immediate advantage of his personal idealism and charm.