extensive
英 [?k'stens?v; ek-]
美 [?k'st?ns?v]
助記提示
1. ex- "out" + tens- + -ive.
2. 含義：stretch out, lengthen.
3. => of or pertain to stretched out.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He has received extensive corrective surgery to his skull.
- 他的頭骨做過大面積的矯形手術。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's a fair guess to say that the damage will be extensive.
- 說損失會很嚴重想必猜得不錯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The blast caused extensive damage, shattering the ground-floor windows.
- 爆炸造成了巨大的破壞，震碎了一樓的窗戶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The resort is surrounded by extensive national and regional parklands.
- 那個度假勝地被廣闊的國家和地區綠地所環繞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They began to lay in extensive stores of food supplies.
- 他們開始儲備大量食物。
來自柯林斯例句