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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

expansive [ɪk 'spænsɪv] [ɪks 'pænsɪv]
  1. 1. adjective 可扩张的，可扩大的，可开展的，可膨胀的；使扩张的
  2. 2. adjective 扩张（性）的，膨胀（性）的，开展（性）的
  3. 3. adjective 辽阔的，广阔的，广大的，浩瀚的；广泛的；广博的
  4. 4. adjective 慷慨的；有同情心的；开朗的，（胸襟）开阔的；豪爽的；兴高采烈的
    an expansive person
    胸襟开阔的人
  5. 5. adjective [psychopathy] 自大狂的，自高自大的

Collins English-English Dictionary

expansive [ɪk'spænsɪv]
  1. 1. adj able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
  2. 2. adj wide; extensive
  3. 3. adj friendly, open, or talkative
    an expansive person
  4. 4. adj grand or extravagant
    an expansive way of life
  5. 5. adj [psychiatry] lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work
See more results for expansive in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

an expansive person
胸襟开阔的人 → expansive
an expansive person → expansive
an expansive way of life → expansive
黄龙翻腾, 广阔的中原大地在它的哺育下生机勃勃。
Under the nurture of the writhing Yellow River, the expansive middle land is thriving. → 黄龙

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