Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected.

工程师们注意到管子并未像预期的那样膨胀。

The recession knocked on the head any idea of expanding the company.

经济衰退使扩展公司的任何想法都化为泡影。

The company has been expanding its customer base using trade magazine advertising.

这家公司一直通过商业杂志广告来扩大客户群。

It may be an obstacle to expanding one's connections.

这可能是扩展人际关系的障碍。

Merely expanding the orchestra's repertoire will not be enough.

仅仅扩大乐团的演奏曲目是不够的。

It's possible for us to slow down time by expanding our experience of time.

我们有可能通过扩展我们对时间的体验来使时间慢下来。

It seems that all the big cities around the world are still endlessly expanding.

似乎世界上所有的大城市都在不断地扩张。

The business council is aimed at balancing bilateral trade by expanding trade volume.

商务委员会旨在通过扩大贸易规模来平衡双边贸易。

We believe expanding such protections would make the labor market more fair and efficient.

我们认为扩大这类保护措施将提升劳动市场的公平性和效率。

Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.

事实上，甚至在2008年粮食价格急剧攀升之前，衰落的国家数量就已经在扩大。

This open attitude to your experiences helps take in more information and also has a time expanding effect.

这种对经验的开放态度有助于吸收更多信息，也有时间扩展的效果。

He had criticized almost every major Supreme Court decision expanding civil rights except Brown v. Board of Education.

除了“布朗诉教育委员会案”，他几乎批评了最高法院扩大民权范围的每一项重大裁决。

Yuan Longping invents super hybrid rice, making it possible to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of the field.

袁隆平发明了超级杂交水稻，这项技术可在不扩大稻田面积的情况下增加水稻产量。

However, the arrival of the steam engine initiated a complete transformation in rail transportation, entrenching and expanding the Industrial Revolution.

然而，蒸汽机的出现引发了铁路运输的彻底变革，并巩固和拓展了工业革命的成果。

At the same time, airports have been developing and expanding the range of services that they provide specifically for the business traveller in the terminal.

与此同时，机场一直在发展和扩大这些服务的种类范围，这类服务是特地为航站楼的商务旅客提供的。

Western Farmers borrowed with the confident expectation that the expanding economy would keep farm prices high, thus making it easy to repay loans when they fell due.

西方农民满怀信心地借了钱，他们期待经济扩张会使农产品价格保持在高位，因此在贷款到期时很容易偿还。

As conservation areas become smaller, lions are increasingly coming into contact with human populations, which are expanding to the boundaries of these protected areas.

随着保护区变得越来越小以及人类的活动扩张到了这些保护区的边界，狮子跟人类的接触也就越来越多。

Some have vanished from the face of the earth, others are dying slowly, but all have undergone changes as they have come into contact with an expanding machine civilization.

一些已经从地球表面消失了，其他的正在慢慢地死亡，但所有的都经历了变化，因为它们已经接触到一个不断扩张的机器文明。

The following appeared in a memorandum written by the vice president of Health Naturally, a small but expanding chain of stores selling health food and other health-related products.

Health Naturally 公司是一家销售健康食品和其他健康相关产品的连锁店，规模虽小，但正在不断扩大。

When organisations are expanding and adding personnel, promotional opportunities, pay rises, and the excitement of being associated with a dynamic organisation create feelings of optimism.

当组织在扩张和增加人员时，晋升机会、加薪，以及与一个充满活力的组织联系在一起的兴奋感，会让人产生乐观的情绪。

Student numbers are expanding rapidly.

学生人数在迅速增加。

Organic farming is expanding everywhere.

有机农业在各处发展。

The clear inference is that the universe is expanding.

显然结论是宇宙在扩大。

Einstein's equations showed the universe to be expanding.

爱因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在扩大。

The military is expanding its antimissile defence system.

军方正在扩大其反导弹防御系统。

We are currently seeking new ways of expanding our membership.

目前，我们正探索发展会员的新途径。

The trade deficit is the flip side of a rapidly expanding economy.

贸易逆差是一次经济快速发展带来的负面产物。

Can the human race carry on expanding and growing the same way that it is now?

人类能够像现在这样继续发展和增长吗？

The ski resorts are expanding to meet the growing number of skiers that come here.

该滑雪胜地正在扩建以应付来这里滑雪的不断增长的人数。

It participates in our daily events, extending our intelligence, comprehending our feelings, and expanding the range of social activities.

它参与我们的日常活动，扩展我们的智力，理解我们的情感，并扩大了社会活动的范围。