expansion
n. 扩大, 扩张, 扩展, 膨胀；扩张物, 膨胀物
联想：expand，使膨胀，使扩张
expansion 张开，扩张，膨胀
1.Heat causes the expansion of gases.
热使气体膨胀。
2.His big book is an expansion of the little book he wrote before.
他这本大部头的书是在他以前写的一本小册子的基础上扩充而成的。
3.Their economic policy pave the way for industrial expansion.
他们的经济政策为工业发展铺平了道路。
expense
n. 消耗, 花费；花费的钱, 费用
搭配：at sb.'s expense 由某人付钱
at the expense 以...为代价
spare no expense 不惜代价
1.Every flatterer lives at the expense of his listener.
马屁精靠好奉承者生活。
2.He charged his hotel bill to his expense account.
他将饭店帐单记在支出帐上。
fabricate
vt. 编造, 捏造, 虚构; 伪造；建造
1.She fabricated a good excuse for staying home.
她编造了待在家里的借口。
2.They plan to fabricate a cinema next year.
他们计划明年建造一座电影院。
fiction
n. 小说； 虚构的或想像出的事, 并非完全真实的事
辨析：fiction小说（总称），a novel 长篇小说，a short story 短篇小说
1.He prefers light fictions to serious novels.
比起严肃小说来, 他更为喜欢轻松的小说。
2.Her story was a pure fiction.
她的故事纯属虚构。
3.Truth is stranger than fiction, fiction is obliged to stick to possibility, truth
is not.
事实之所以奇于小说，是因为小说不得不坚持其可能性，而事实则不然。
