widens

英 [ˈwaɪdnz]

美 [ˈwaɪdnz]

v.  (使)变宽; 加宽; 拓宽; 放宽; (使)扩展，程度加深，范围扩大
widen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）变宽;（把…）加宽
  If youwidensomething or if itwidens, it becomes greater in measurement from one side or edge to the other.
  1. 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。
  2. The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east.
     河流转向东流时河道大幅度变宽。
• V-ERG (使)扩大;(使)扩展;(使)增加
  If youwidensomething or if itwidens, it becomes greater in range or it affects a larger number of people or things.
  1. 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。
  2. The search for my brother widened...
     对我弟弟的搜索范围扩大了。
  3. Newspapers enjoyed a widening circle of readers.
     报纸拥有越来越广泛的读者群。
• VERB (眼睛)睁大
  If your eyeswiden, they open more.
  1. His eyes widened as he spoke the words.
     他说这番话时眼睛瞪大了。
• V-ERG (使)(差距)拉大
  If a difference or gapwidensor if somethingwidensit, it becomes greater.
  1. Wage differences in the two areas are widening...
     两个地区的工资差距正在拉大。
  2. 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。
  3. ...policies that widen the gap between the rich and the poor.
     拉大贫富差距的政策

双语例句

• As their availability widens, they are likely to become an important part of staging and treatment paradigms.
  随着这些技术的广泛应用，它们有可能成为非小细胞肺癌分期和治疗模式的一部分。
• Layers give hair dimension, and that extra body visually widens the face, making the nose seem smaller.
  层次可以使发型看起来具有厚度，厚度增加了会使脸在视觉上变宽，使鼻子看起来更小。
• Travelling widens our view, increases our knowledge, and builds our bodies.
  旅游可使我们开阔视野，增长知识，锻炼体魄。
• Gradually with the years, his horizon widens, and, in proportion as his thoughts and feelings become less personal and less concerned with his own physical states, he achieves growing wisdom.
  渐渐地，随着年龄的增长，他的视野增加，他的思想和感情变得不那么私人性、更少与自己的身体状况相关，他不断获取智慧。
• The river widens before reaching the sea.
  河流在人海之前变宽了。
• The gap appears during secondary school and widens at higher levels of education.
  这种鸿沟出现在中学，在更高级别的教育中扩大。
• Below wapping, the river widens.
  沃平以下的河流变宽了。
• Contace with tourists from afar widens the horizons of the locals.
  接触来自四面八方的游客开阔了当地人您的视野。
• Each hole widens and narrows in a series of bottlenecks.
  每个孔内部时宽时窄，造成一系列的瓶颈。
• The river widens where it meets the sea.
  那条河在入海口处变宽了。