extend
英 [?k'stend; ek-]
美 [?k'st?nd]
- vt. 延伸；擴(kuò)大；推廣；伸出；給予；使竭盡全力；對(duì)…估價(jià)
- vi. 延伸；擴(kuò)大；伸展；使疏開
助記提示
1. ex- "out" + tend-.
2. 含義：stretch out, lengthen.
中文詞源
extend 延長(zhǎng)ex-, 向外。-tend, 延伸，詞源同tend, tense.
英文詞源
- extend
- extend: [14] Etymologically, to extend something is to ‘stretch it out’. The word comes from Latin extendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend and tension and a wide range of derivatives, including contend, intend, and pretend). English standard derives from its Old French descendant estendre.
=> contend, intend, pretend, standard, tend, tension - extend (v.)
- early 14c., "to value, assess," from Anglo-French estendre (late 13c.), Old French estendre "stretch out, extend, increase," transitive and intransitive (Modern French étendre), from Latin extendere "stretch out, spread out; increase, enlarge, prolong, continue," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet).
Original sense in English is obsolete. From late 14c. as "lengthen or extend in time," also "straighten" (an arm, wing. etc.). Meaning "make longer and/or broader in space" is from early 15c., as is intransitive sense of "cover an area, have a certain extent in space;" sense of "expand, grow distended" is from 1753. Related: Extended; extending.
雙語例句
- 1. The new territory would extend over one-fifth of Canada's land mass.
- 這塊新領(lǐng)土將會(huì)使加拿大陸地面積擴(kuò)展1/5以上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This year they have introduced three new products to extend their range.
- 今年他們發(fā)布了3種新產(chǎn)品，以擴(kuò)大產(chǎn)品范圍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It might be possible to extend the technique to other crop plants.
- 也許可以將這種技術(shù)應(yīng)用于其他農(nóng)作物。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The high-speed train service is planned to extend from Paris to Bordeaux.
- 高鐵擬從巴黎延伸至波爾多。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The caves extend for some 18 kilo-metres.
- 那些洞穴深約18公里。
來自柯林斯例句