widen
基本释义
- v.（使）变宽，加宽；（使）扩展，程度加深，范围扩大；（尤因惊讶或恐惧而眼睛）睁大
- 人名 （Widen）（德）维登（人名）
词语例句
（使）变宽，加宽vt.&vi.
高考四级Here the stream widens into a river.
溪水在这里变宽，成了一条河。
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。
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。
（使）扩展，程度加深，范围扩大vt.&vi.
六级四级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。
Wage differences in the two areas are widening.
两个地区之间的工资差距正在拉大。
As a result, their math grades overtook those of the other students by the end of the first semester — and the gap between the two groups continued to widen during the two years we followed them.
结果，他们的数学成绩在第一个学期末就超过了其他学生——在我们持续观察他们的两年中，两组学生之间的差距继续扩大。
（尤因惊讶或恐惧而眼睛）睁大vi.
Her eyes widened in surprise.
她惊讶地睁大了眼睛。
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
- I know some teachers do use photocopied newspaper articles sometimes, as their students are eager to learn more to widen their views.我知道有些老师有时会复印报纸上的文章，因为他们的学生渴望学习更多东西来开阔自己的眼界。
- While enriching their imagination, books widen their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure properly.在丰富他们想象力的同时，书籍也拓宽了他们的视野，培养了他们实事求是的态度及训练了他们正确利用闲暇的能力。
网络短语
- Widen Modulator脉冲宽度调制
- Widen Spell法术扩展
- widen one's horizon开阔眼界；广开眼界；长见识
- widen application扩张适用
- widen broaden变宽
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英英释义
- v.become broader or wider or more extensive
- v.make (clothes) larger
- v.make wider
- v.extend in scope or range or area
- v.to make something bigger from one side or edge to the other
使变宽；使加宽；使拓宽- They are planning to widen the road.他们正在计划加宽这条路。