widen怎么读

1. 加宽，放宽，弄宽，拓宽，弄阔
2. 扩大，扩展
3. 变阔，变宽
4. 使张开，睁大
5. 范围扩大
6. 程度加深

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

1.（使）变宽;（把…）加宽
If youwiden something or if itwidens, 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 towiden 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。

2.(使)扩大;(使)扩展;(使)增加
If youwiden something or if itwidens, 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 eyeswiden, 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 gapwidens or if somethingwidens 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 deficitwidened to $7.59 billion in November.
11月美国的贸易赤字扩大到75.9亿美元。

1. Her outlook gradually widens.
   她的眼光渐渐开阔了。
2. The river widens as it flows.
   这条河越流越宽。

1. They are widening the road.
   他们在加宽路面。
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2. This road needs to be widened.
   这条路需要加宽。

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

  出自：M. Drayton