1530s, "a release from confinement," from enlarge in the secondary Middle English sense "release a prisoner" (mid-15c.) + -ment. Meaning "act of increasing in size" is from 1560s. Photographic sense "picture of a larger size than the negative from which it was made" is from 1866.
雙語例句
1. There is insufficient space for enlargement of the buildings.
沒有足夠的空間擴建這些建筑。
來自柯林斯例句
2. the enlargement of the company's overseas business activities
公司海外業務的擴展
來自《權威詞典》
3. The chest X - rays showed moderate enlargement of the heart.
胸部 X 光片顯示出心臟稍有擴大.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. An enlargement is often made from a small photograph.
大照片常由小照片放大而成.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. Firm liver enlargement and biochemical evidence of intrahepatic cholestasis are typical manifestations.