widen
verbWord Family
- wide adjective adverb
- widely adverb
- widen verb
- width noun
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they widen | |
| he / she / it widens | |
| past simple widened | |
| past participle widened | |
| -ing form widening |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to become wider; to make something wider （使）變寬；加寬；拓寬；放寬 Her eyes widened in surprise. 她驚訝地睜大了眼睛。 Jasmine's eyes widened with disbelief. 賈絲明懷疑地睜大雙眼。 - widen into something
Here the stream widens into a river. 溪水在這裏變寬，成了一條河。 - widen out
The road gradually widens out. 道路逐漸開闊。 - widen something
They may have to widen the road to cope with the increase in traffic. 他們可能得拓寬這條道路以適應車輛的增多。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- greatly
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- from
- into
- to
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- [intransitive, transitive]
to become larger in degree or range; to make something larger in degree or range （使）擴展，程度加深，範圍擴大 Another concern is the widening gap between rich and poor. 另一個擔憂是日益擴大的貧富差距。 - widen something
We plan to widen the scope of our existing activities by offering more language courses. 我們計劃通過開設更多的語言課程以擴大我們現有的活動範圍。 The legislation will be widened to include all firearms. 這項法規的範圍將擴大到包括所有的槍支。
Extra ExamplesThe gap between rich and poor has widened considerably. 貧富之間的差距拉開得相當大了。 The trade deficit had widened from £26 billion to £30 billion. 貿易逆差已由 260 億英鎊擴大到了 300 億英鎊。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- greatly
- …
- from
- into
- to
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Idioms
widen the net
to consider or include a larger range of options or possibilities, especially when searching for something 擴大： 考慮或包括更大範圍的選擇或可能性，尤其是在搜索某些東西時It's time to widen the net in the search for a suitable candidate. 是時候拓寬視野尋找合適的人選了。