1.From his mighty bulk the whale affords a most congenial theme where-on to enlarge, amplify, and generally expatiate.

鲸鱼巨大的身躯提供个最适宜扩大发挥、详尽阐释的主题。

2.He expatiated that free expansion would expedite the expiration of natural resources.

他详述任意扩张会加速使用自然资源的终止。

3.And so it came to pass, that the bird, while out one day, met a fellow bird, to whom he boastfully expatiated on the excellence of his household arrangements.

事情这样过去，有天，这只鸟在外出时遇到只同伴，他吹嘘着向他吹嘘他的家安排非常出色。机翻

4.But men too had had their trials, and the conversation went off into certain philosophical reflections. Emma expatiated much on the misery of earthly affections, and the eternal isolation in which the heart remains entombed.

但是男人也有男人的苦恼；于是谈上点哲学意味。 艾玛大谈世界上感情造成的痛苦，天长地久的与世隔绝，心像活埋样。

5.Wildeve was standing with his back to the fireplace smoking a cigar; and the promoter of the raffle, a packman from a distant town, was expatiating upon the value of the fabric as material for a summer dress.

韦狄背对壁炉站在那儿，抽着雪茄；摸彩的主办人是个从远处小镇来的小贩，他正在细细讲述这布料做夏天衣服的用处。

6.Governor Bellingham, in a loose gown and easy cap, —such as elderly gentlemen loved to indue themselves with, in their domestic privacy, —walked foremost, and appeared to be showing off his estate, and expatiating on his projected improvements.

贝灵厄姆州长身着宽松的长袍，头戴便帽——老绅士们在他们的家隐私中喜欢这样戴——走在最前面， 似乎在炫耀他的财产， 并详述他计划中的改进。机翻