英语单词“overexpand”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
单词
overexpand
释义
overexpandverb[IorT](alsoover-expand)uk/???.v?r.?k?sp?nd/us/?o?.v?.?k?sp?nd/toincreasetoo much insize,number, orimportance, or to make somethingincreasetoo much in this way:
If youholdyourbreath,aircantrapin thelungsand thelungswill over-expand.Manytechcompaniesoverexpanded ashomeworkingincreased, and will nowfacejoblosses.She overexpanded the company'soperationsin Germany.- Up to 5,000 full- andpart-timejobswill go at thefastfoodcompany, which overexpanded incitycentres.
- Care must be taken not to overexpand during theboomandfindyourselfseriouslyindebtafterwards.
- We will not over-expand thebusinessover the next fiveyears.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesIncreasing and intensifying- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- crank
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflation
- mushroom
- redouble
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- scalesomethingup
- stake
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Enlarging and inflating(Definition ofoverexpandfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/overexpand##