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

• Freezes on spinach and milk shipments cover a small amount of economic activity so far, but that could grow as the government widens the scope of restrictions.
  迄今为止的冻结菠菜和牛奶发货，只涵盖一小部分经济活动，但是，随着政府扩大限制范围，影响可能会随之扩大。
• 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。
• Lowering entry barriers widens the sources and uses of loanable funds; and by reducing costs, improves the terms offered to users.
  进入门槛的降低扩大了可贷资金的来源和用途；通过降低成本，可以改善提供给用户的服务条款。
• 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。
• 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。
• This study result widens the processing limit of cross wedge rolling and is of momentous significance to develop heavy section shrinkage products of cross wedge rolling.
  该研究拓宽了楔横轧加工界限，对大断面收缩率产品的开发有重要意义。
• The machine widens skin with electric cams and eccentric mechanism.
  该机器采用电动凸轮、偏心机构对裘皮进行拉宽处理。
• The Color Purple widens the theme and horizon of the Black literature.
  《紫色》拓宽了黑人文学的主题和视野。
• 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 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。