| 单词 | extensively |
| 释义 | extensively (once / 1359 pages) adv Something that happens extensively occurs in a wide or broad way — on a large scale or across a large area. When a hurricane extensively affects a state, the damage is spread over many miles. You might decide to extensively edit your anthropology paper after reading the one your friend wrote, or brag that your band will be touring extensively this summer, covering the entire Midwest. In either case, your effort is on a large scale. Extensively comes from the adjective extensive, and both words are rooted in the Latin extendere, "stretch out," from ex, "out," and tendere, "to stretch." WORD FAMILYextensive: coextensive, extensively, extensiveness+/coextensive: coextensively/extend: extendable, extended, extendible, extending, extends, extensible, extension, extensive, extensor, hyperextend, overextend/extended: extendedly, unextended/extensible: inextensible/extension: coextension, extensional, extensions/extensor: extensors/hyperextend: hyperextension/overextend: overextended, overextending, overextends USAGE EXAMPLESConventional American forces deploying more extensively in this phase are now visible close to the front lines. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Conventional U.S. forces deploying more extensively in this phase are now visible very close to the front lines. Reuters(Dec 31, 2016) Caruso, in an interview last week, said he worked extensively to meet the neighborhood’s needs, redesigning the project and offering additional concessions. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) adv in a widespread way oxidation ponds are extensively used for sewage treatment in the Midwest |
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