Extension

(noun.) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; 'extension of the program to all in need'.

(noun.) act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb.

(noun.) an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students.

(noun.) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line.

(noun.) amount or degree or range to which something extends; 'the wire has an extension of 50 feet'.

(noun.) the ability to raise the working leg high in the air; 'the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension'; 'good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability'.

(noun.) a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; 'most applications provide extensions for the files they create'; 'most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS'.

(noun.) a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; 'they applied for an extension of the loan'.

编辑:菲利普

• Yes, I said; and there are many other things which must also have a similar extension given to them, if our legislation is to be of any value. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Thought, therefore, and extension are qualities wholly incompatible, and never can incorporate together into one subject. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• If it be conjoined with the extension, it must exist somewhere within its dimensions. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Extension must necessarily be considered either as coloured, which is a false idea; I or as solid, which brings us back to the first question. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• This extension of power can almost be believed in at such moments. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It looked an insignificant thing to have conferred upon the world of science and mechanics such a mighty extension of their dominions as it has. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Therefore more time had to be spent in obtaining an extension of the patent. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Extension of Meaning of Primary Activities. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• When the slate bed is laid, the slabs, doweled as the leaves of an extension dining table, are fitted together and screwed to the frame. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We see this in the recent extension over parts of the United States of one species of swallow having caused the decrease of another species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The cotton passed through the two pairs of rollers, and its extension depended entirely on the difference in the velocity of the revolutions of the two pairs. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• And to cut short all disputes, the very idea of extension is copyed from nothing but an impression, and consequently must perfectly agree to it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He announced that the United States would regard any extension of the European system in the Western Hemisphere as a hostile act. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The table before me is alone sufficient by its view to give me the idea of extension. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• To say the idea of extension agrees to any thing, is to say it is extended. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Our present splendid machine shops, gun shops, locomotive works, typewriter and bicycle factories, are examples of the wonderful extensions of this art. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Both Hussey and McCormick asked for extensions of their patents, but they failed to get them. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The gills of crustaceans, such as the crabs which run about in the air, are protected by the gill-cover extensions of the back shell or carapace. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

整理:诺拉