| 单词 | widen |
| 释义 | widen verbadverb | preposition adverb➤considerably, dramatically, greatly, sharply, significantly大大地拉开距离◆the gap between rich and poor has widened considerably.贫富之间的差距拉开得相当大了。➤slightly稍微扩大▸➤gradually, slowly逐渐拓宽；慢慢扩大➤steadily稳步扩大▸➤quickly, rapidly迅速地扩大▸➤suddenly突然拓宽▸➤out扩展开◆the road gradually widens out.道路逐渐开阔。preposition➤from, into从⋯拓宽；拓宽成⋯◆at this point the river widens into an estuary.这条河在这里变宽，形成河口。➤to扩大至⋯◆the trade deficit had widened from £26 billion to £30 billion.贸易逆差已由 260 亿英镑扩大到了 300 亿英镑。➤with因⋯而扩大◆jasmine's eyes widened with disbelief.贾丝明怀疑地睁大双眼。widen [intransitive, transitive] to become or make sth wider; to become or make sth larger in degree or range变宽；拓宽；扩展◆her eyes widened in surprise.她惊讶地睁大了眼睛。◆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.他们可能得拓宽道路以应对车辆的增多。◆the legislation will be widened to include all firearms.这项法规的适用范围将扩大到所有枪支。opp narrow → shrink widen/ˈwaɪdn ||; ˈwaɪdṇ/verb [i,t] to become wider; to make sth wider 变宽；加宽；拓宽: ◇the road widens just up ahead. 再往前一点儿道路就变宽了。 widensee ⇨ increase 1 ⇨ wide 3,4 wid·en /`waɪdṇ; ˈwaɪdn/v [i,t] 1. to become wider or to make something wider （使）变宽:◇they're widening the road. 他们在拓宽这条路。 2. to become greater or larger, or to make something do this （使）增加，（使）变大:◇the gap between rich and poor began to widen. 贫富之间的差距开始扩大。 |
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