extensive
英 [ɪk'stensɪv; ek-]
美 [ɪk'stɛnsɪv]
CET4 TEM4 IELTS 考 研 TOEFL CET6
1. ex- "out" + tens- + -ive.
2. 含义：stretch out, lengthen.
3. => of or pertain to stretched out.
- extensive (adj.)
- "vast, far-reaching;" c. 1600 of immaterial, c. 1700 of material things; from Late Latin extensivus, from extens-, past participle stem of Latin extendere "to stretch out, spread" (see extend). Earlier in a medical sense, "characterized by swelling" (early 15c.). Related: Extensively; extensiveness.
- 1. He has received extensive corrective surgery to his skull.
- 他的头骨做过大面积的矫形手术。
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- 2. It's a fair guess to say that the damage will be extensive.
- 说损失会很严重想必猜得不错。
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- 3. The blast caused extensive damage, shattering the ground-floor windows.
- 爆炸造成了巨大的破坏，震碎了一楼的窗户。
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- 4. The resort is surrounded by extensive national and regional parklands.
- 那个度假胜地被广阔的国家和地区绿地所环绕。
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- 5. They began to lay in extensive stores of food supplies.
- 他们开始储备大量食物。
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