扩
kuò
Meaning
- to enlarge
Definition
扩大，扩展，使范围、规模、数量等变大。
to expand, to enlarge, to extend (scope, scale, quantity, etc.)
Usage
作为动词，后接宾语或用于动词短语中，如‘扩大’、‘扩充’等。常与规模、面积、范围、数量、市场、生产等词语搭配。
Used as a verb, it can take an object or be used in verb phrases like '扩大' (expand), '扩充' (augment). Common collocations include scale, area, scope, quantity, market, production, etc.
Examples
- 1 公司计划明年扩大生产规模。 (The company plans to expand its production scale next year.)
- 2 这个城市正在不断扩大城市面积。 (The city is continuously expanding its urban area.)
- 3 我们需要扩充人手来完成这个项目。 (We need to expand the workforce to complete this project.)
- 4 学习新知识可以扩大你的视野。 (Learning new knowledge can broaden your horizons.)
- 5 政府采取措施扩大内需。 (The government takes measures to expand domestic demand.)
- 6 学校决定扩大招生规模。 (The school decided to expand its enrollment scale.)
- 7 通过培训，员工的专业技能得到了扩增。 (Through training, employees' professional skills have been expanded.)
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