widen

widen音标

英 [ˈwaɪdn]

美 [ˈwaɪdn]

widen基本释义

vt.加宽；使变宽；扩大

vi.变宽

widen用法及例句

v.(动词)

加宽，放宽，弄宽，拓宽，弄阔

扩大，扩展

变阔，变宽

使张开，睁大

范围扩大

程度加深

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 放宽,加宽,(使)变宽 make wide or wider

verb

1. become broader or wider or more extensive

e.g. The road widened

2. make wider

e.g. widen the road

3. make (clothes) larger

e.g. Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight

Synonym: let out

4. extend in scope or range or area

e.g. The law was extended to all citizenswiden the range of applicationsbroaden your horizonExtend your backyard

Synonym: broadenextend

1. （使）变宽;（把…）加宽If you widen something or if it widens, it becomes greater in measurement from one side or edge to the other.

widen的近义词

e.g. He had an operation last year to widen a heart artery...去年他接受了一个扩张心脏动脉的手术。e.g. The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east.河流转向东流时河道大幅度变宽。

wideningThey have ordered the widening of the road where the incident took place.他们已下令拓宽出事路段。

2. (使)扩大;(使)扩展;(使)增加If you widen something or if it widens, it becomes greater in range or it affects a larger number of people or things.

e.g. U.S. prosecutors have widened a securities-fraud investigation...美国检察官扩大了对一起证券欺诈案的调查范围。e.g. The search for my brother widened...对我弟弟的搜索范围扩大了。

3. (眼睛)睁大If your eyes widen, they open more.

e.g. His eyes widened as he spoke the words.他说这番话时眼睛瞪大了。

4. (使)(差距)拉大If a difference or gap widens or if something widens it, it becomes greater.

e.g. Wage differences in the two areas are widening...两个地区的工资差距正在拉大。e.g. The US trade deficit widened to $7.59 billion in November.11月美国的贸易赤字扩大到75.9亿美元。

1. 加宽：widely 广泛地 | widen 加宽 | widespread 普及的

2. 加宽,变宽：wide 宽阔的,完全的,充分的 | widen 加宽,变宽 | widespread 分布广的,普遍的

3. widen的意思

3. 加宽,扩大 vi.变宽,变阔扩大：widely 广泛地,普遍地;广博地;大大地 | widen 加宽,扩大 vi.变宽,变阔扩大 | widespread 分布广的,普遍的

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作动词(v.)

Her outlook gradually widens.她的眼光渐渐开阔了。

The river widens as it flows.这条河越流越宽。

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

widen one's knowledge扩充知识

widen the road拓宽马路

The gates thus widen'd..Their ample entrance to the English gaue.

出自：M. Drayton

高考真题例句

OG 1.widen

As the Kennedy Center's artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.

作为肯尼迪中心的爵士乐艺术顾问, 莫兰希望扩大爵士乐的听众范围, 使爵士乐更容易被人接受, 并保护爵士乐的历史和文化。

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近义词

反义词

临近词

amplify扩大

let out放出

expand使 ... 膨胀

distend扩大

enlarge扩大

extend延伸

aggrandize增加

dilate使扩大

broaden变宽

narrow有限的

widening

Widenor

widespread

widener

wide

Widenborg

Widenroth

Widenholm

Widengren

widen out

Widenberg

Widenius

相关列句

In the past, there was often an automatic reaction to increased traffic: just widen the roads, says Mark Poch, the Bellevue Transportation Department's traffic engineering manager.(贝尔维尤运输部交通工程经理马克·波奇说，过去，人们对交通量的增加往往有一种自动的反应：只要拓宽道路就行了。)

The gaps between strong and weak institutions will widen further.(体质健全的和虚弱的机构，两者间的差距降会进一步地被拉大。)

We plan to widen the scope of our existing activities by offering more language courses.(我们计划通过开设更多的语言课程扩大我们现有的活动范围。)

A larger lens (say 350mm) will flatten and widen the face of the subject.(较大的镜头(例如350毫米)会让拍照对象的脸又扁又宽。)

This has created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has "continued to reproduce and widen".(这在招募第一代学生中造成了“悖论”，但是随后看到他们中的许多人失败了，这意味着高等教育“正在继续繁殖和扩大”。)

I ask and their eyes widen.(我问，他们眼睛睁的大大的。)

They decided to widen out the river to avoid the flooding.(他们决定加宽河流以防洪水泛滥。)

Some economists predict the surplus could start to widen again this year.(一些经济学家预测，今年中国贸易顺差可能再度扩大。)

Even the rigorous Finns and Dutch have seen bond spreads widen.(即使缜密的芬兰人和荷兰人也会见证其债券息差扩大。)

They may have to widen the road to cope with the increase in traffic.(他们可能得拓宽这条道路以适应车辆的增多。)