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

• 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。
• Even during an economic downturn, the inequality gap usually widens.
  甚至在经济衰退时期，收入差距有扩大的趋势。
• The Yangtse River widens out here as the land gets flatter.
  随着地势变得平坦，长江在这里也变宽了。
• But the difference between a lot and a few widens with age.
  但“许多”和“一些”之间的差别随年龄增长而变大。
• It not only enriches the connotation of the ideological and political work and widens the vision of its professionals, but also point out how to carry out the work effectively.
  要注重人文关怀和心理疏导，这不仅丰富了思想政治工作的内涵，拓宽了思想政治工作者的视野，也为高校大学生思想政治工作有效开展指明了方向。
• Afore-mentioned experience and hobby add the major of my ad cool-headed and sober disposition and Chinese character literature, formed me to handle affairs the working style that sedate and decisive, train of thought widens adroitly, the civil service that suits the office very much works.
  上述的经历和爱好加上我沉着冷静的性格以及汉语言文学的专业，就形成了我办事稳重果断、思路灵敏开阔的工作作风，非常适合办公室的文职工作。
• The river widens where it meets the sea.
  那条河在入海口处变宽了。
• 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。
• Continuous news release on the Internet and on-line sales widens supply chain.
  在互联网上持续发表新闻，以及在线销售，都拓宽了供应链。
• Her outlook gradually widens.
  她的眼光渐渐开阔了。