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Analyze and comment on the following.Analyze and comment, with a diagram, on the italicized words increase, extend and expand in the following three sentences based on the concept of discrimination of synonyms. [a] The company has decided to increase its sales by ten per cent next year. [b] The owner of the restaurant is going to extend the kitchen by ten feet this year. [c] The metal will expand if heated.
【正确答案】：

SYNONYMS MAY DIFFER IN THE RANGE AND INTENSITY OF MEANING. SOME WORDS HAVE A WIDER RANGE OF MEANING THAN OTHERS. INCREASE, EXTEND AND EXPAND SHARE A GENERAL SENSE BUT HAVE DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS. EACH OF THE THREE TERMS EXPRESSES A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENLARGEMENT. THIS CAN BE ILLUSTRATED BY THE FOLLOWING GRAPHS.

【题目解析】：

同义词在意义的范围和强度上可能有所不同。有些词的含义比其他词更广泛。增加、扩展和扩展具有共同的一般意义，但具有不同的含义。三个词语中的每一个都表示一种不同的放大。这可以通过以下图表来说明。