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.
权威例句
1. There is insufficient space for enlargement of the buildings.
没有足够的空间扩建这些建筑。
2. the enlargement of the company's overseas business activities
公司海外业务的扩展
3. The chest X - rays showed moderate enlargement of the heart.
胸部 X 光片显示出心脏稍有扩大.
4. An enlargement is often made from a small photograph.
大照片常由小照片放大而成.
5. Firm liver enlargement and biochemical evidence of intrahepatic cholestasis are typical manifestations.