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Very wide or large in space, like an expansive view or an expansive property. It can also describe a way of talking - if someone becomes 'expansive,' they start talking a lot, openly and in detail, often once they feel relaxed or comfortable.
廣闊的；（談話）暢談的、健談的
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
expansiveadj/ɪkˈspænsɪv/
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Comprehensive in scope or extent.
- expansive research work
- She laughed, she winked, and nodded knowingly at Pen; she tapped him on the arm with her fan; she tapped Blanche; she tapped the Major;—her contentment was boundless, and her method of showing her joy equally expansive.
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Talkative and sociable.
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Able to be expanded.
- The Elastick or expansive faculty of the Air, whereby it dilates itself, when compressed (indeed this lower Region of it by reason of the weight of the superincumbent is al∣ways in a compressed State) hath been made use of in the common Weather-glasses, in Wind guns, and in several ingenious Water∣works, and doubtless hath a great Interest in many natural Effects and Operations.
- Such instruments, however ingenious, are not of scientific value; because they do not admit of rigid comparison, are liable to alter in their contractile and expansive properties, and cannot be made to indicate precisely alike.
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mathematicssciencesExhibiting expansivity.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。