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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

扩大 [kuòdà]
  1. 1. verb expand
    扩大生产
    expand production
    扩大经济影响
    extend economic influence

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

扩大 [kuòdà]
  1. 1. broaden; enlarge; expand; extend; grow; pop; widen;magnify; exaggerate
    扩大政治影响
    extend political influence
    扩大经营范围
    expand business scope
    扩大相互间的经济技术合作
    extend mutual economic and technological cooperation
  2. 2. enlargement; expansion

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

扩大 [kuòdà]
  1. 1. 使范围、规模等增大
    扩大规模。

Examples

我们对于工农业产品的交换是缩小剪刀差,而不是扩大剪刀差。
In the exchange of industrial products for agricultural products, we try to narrow the price scissors, not widen them.
扩大经营范围
expand business scope
扩大文学创作的园地
broaden the scope of literary creation
扩大战果
exploit the victory (or success)
扩大企业的自主权
enlarge the decision-making power of local enterprises
扩大
enlarge; expand; extend
今年的小麦又丰收了,我们应该扩大仓容了。
With a repeated good wheat harvest, we should enlarge our granaries space.
随着社会经济的发展,持卡族的群体呈扩大趋势。
With the development of the social economy, groups of card-holders show a tendency to expand.

Collocations

逐步扩大
to gradually extend
扩大战果
to extend one's results in battle
扩大
to broaden the scope

Word Decomposition


[kuò]
+
[dà]

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