
好词典

源自中古英语 'enlargen',由古法语 'enlargir'(en- '使' + large '大')演变而来,最终可追溯至拉丁语 'largus'(丰富的,大量的)。
❶ 使某物变得更大或更宽,通常指物理尺寸的增加,也可用于抽象概念的扩展。
“The company is enlarging its office space to accommodate more employees.”
(公司正在扩大办公空间以容纳更多员工。)
“She is considering enlarging the photo to hang on the wall.”
(她正在考虑放大这张照片挂在墙上。)
❶ 在摄影中,指放大照片的尺寸,使其比原始底片或数码文件更大。
“The photographer is enlarging the negatives in the darkroom.”
(摄影师正在暗房里放大底片。)
“This old photo would look better if we enlarged it.”
(如果我们放大这张老照片,它会看起来更好。)
enlarging upon — 详细阐述或扩展某个观点或主题,通常用于正式写作或演讲中。
“The professor spent the second half of the lecture enlarging upon his initial thesis.”
(教授用讲座的后半段时间详细阐述了他最初提出的论点。)