An express command or order is one that is clearly and deliberately stated.
This mighty electricity-generating power station was built on the express orders of the president.
这一大型电力发电站是按照总统的明确指令修建的。
If you refer to an express intention or purpose, you are emphasizing that it is a deliberate and specific one that you have before you do something.
The express purpose of the flights was to get Americans out of the danger zone.
这些航班是专门用来将美国人带出该危险区的。
Express is used to describe special services provided by companies or organizations such as the Post Office, in which things are sent or done faster than usual for a higher price.
A special express service is available by fax.
一项可以通过传真实现的特快服务。
If you send something or have something done express, you use a special and more expensive service so that it is sent or done faster than usual.
Send it express.
用快递把它送出。
expresses
An express or an express train is a fast train that stops at very few stations.
Punctually at 7.45, the express to Kuala Lumpur left Singapore station.
开往吉隆坡的特快列车7:45准时从新加坡站驶出。
expresses , expressing , expressed
When you express an idea or feeling, or express yourself, you show what you think or feel.
He expressed grave concern at American attitudes.
他对美国的态度表达了严重的关注。
He expresses himself easily in English.
他轻松地用英语进行自我表达。
groping for some way to express what she felt.
寻找可以表达她感受的方式。
If an idea or feeling expresses itself in some way, it can be clearly seen in someone's actions or in its effects on a situation.
The anxiety of the separation often expresses itself as anger towards the child for getting lost.
失散带来的焦虑常常表现为对孩子走失的愤怒。