Widen
[ 'waɪdn ]
第4级
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vt.& vi. 放宽，加宽，（使）变宽;
💡 词根助记
wid=wide宽的 + en表动词 → vt.加宽 vi.变宽
📝 例句
Further studies should widen the scope of this interesting method.
进一步的研究将扩大这个重要方法的应用范围。
We should widen the opportunities for adequate medical care.
我们应当使得到适当医药救护的机会更为扩大。
When are they going to widen the streets?
他们打算什么时候把这些街道加宽？
I do think, sir, we would be advised to widen our inquiries.
长官，我确实认为我们最好扩大调查工作。
I take up a second foreign language to widen my sphere of knowledge.
我选修一种第二外语来扩大我的知识面。
🌱 联想助记
【记】wide-宽的,n-似“门”:门需要加宽
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
widen
v[I, Tn]
(cause sth to) become wider （使某物）变宽; 加宽; 放宽
The road is being widened.这条路正在拓宽.
He wants to widen his knowledge of the industry. 他想扩充自己在这一行业的知识.
🔁 扩展释义
*['waidn]vt. 弄宽, 加宽, 扩大vi. 变宽, 扩大
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No, I'm sure it's not.
是的，我确信不如。
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作，切掉旧的金属，焊接新的金属板，钻孔，埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
He read many books and paused in his work at six every evening for prayers, even when he was with other world leaders.
他阅读很多的书，每天傍晚六点钟，他就要暂时停下工作去做祈祷，甚至与世界上别的领袖在一起时也这样。