widen
美 [ˈwaɪd(ə)n] 
英 ['waɪd(ə)n]
- v.拓宽；加宽；放宽；（使）变宽
- 网络扩展；扩大；使变宽
词形变化
第三人称单数：widens 现在分词：widening 过去式：widened 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [i][t] （使）变宽；加宽；拓宽；放宽to become wider; to make sth wider |
| Her eyes widened in surprise. 她惊讶地睁大了眼睛。 |
| Here the stream widens into a river. 溪水在这里变宽，成了一条河。 |
| They may have to widen the road to cope with the increase in traffic. 他们可能得拓宽这条道路以适应车辆的增多。 |
2. | [i][t] （使）扩展，程度加深，范围扩大to become larger in degree or range; to make sth larger in degree or range |
| the widening gap between rich and poor 贫富之间日益扩大的差距 |
| We plan to widen the scope of our existing activities by offering more language courses. 我们计划通过开设更多的语言课程以扩大我们现有的活动范围。 |
| The legislation will be widened to include all firearms. 这项法规的范围将扩大到包括所有的枪支。 |
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例句
The public was not ready to widen the sense of responsibility for Nazi-era wrongs.
民众并不打算加深对纳粹时期错误的负罪感。
As what is called , an open mind is to widen your breadth of mind so mush that it seams to be a boundless sky.
所谓虚心，就是要开阔心胸，心胸要象天空一样广阔无际。
The decision to widen the focus was necessary, as, he said, "there were too many galleries focused on Chinese contemporary art. "
扩大关注面的决定是必要的，他说，“关注中国当代艺术的画廊太多了。”
What caused the gap with the United States to widen was a pair of disastrous periods for Latin America.
导致拉美与美国人均收入差距日益拉大的主要原因是两段对拉美具有致命影响的时期。
The skill gap between those that have experience and those that do not is likely to widen over the next several years.
未来几年，有经验者和欠缺经验者之间的技能差距可能会拉大。
Those in the verbal-suggestion group were told it was a drug that would widen their heart arteries and boost blood flow to the heart.
那些“口头暗示”组的患者被告知这种药物会扩张他们的动脉和促进血液流向心脏。
But he gamely tries to widen his focus to include at least a bit of the British viewpoint.
不过，他大胆尝试拓宽视角，至少融入了一点英国人的视角。
Below is a list of a wide range of browsers, both mobile and desktop, which might help you widen your horizon as you test.
下面是一些浏览器，桌面和移动的都有，他们可能帮你扩展你的测试视野。
Standing water on ice shelves is often a sign that they are close to collapse as the water can widen existing cracks in the ice.
冰架上存在静水表明冰架即将崩裂，因为静水会浸宽现有冰缝。
My early questions widen her eyes, not so much like a rabbit in the headlights as a field mouse.
我一开始的几个问题让她瞪大了双眼，仿佛照明灯光下惊慌的野兔或小鼠。
The very state of his mind, superinduced by his condition, caused the breach to widen between him and his partner.
他那和处境并发的精神状态，加大了他和他的合伙人之间的裂痕。
However, so far neither Marines nor the paratroopers were able to widen their staging area or to break through Iraqi defenses.
然而，到目前为止，陆战队和伞兵都不能扩大他们的集结地，或者突破伊军防线。
As this was an inane and unanswerable argument Benjamin made no reply, and from that time on a chasm began to widen between them.
这一番无理之词让本杰明哑口无言。从这时起两个人之间的关系开始出现了裂痕。
However, "the Wall Street Journal" pointed out that if the deficit continued to widen, Lehman Brothers, may need to raise more funds.
但《华尔街日报》指出，如果亏损持续扩大，那么雷曼兄弟可能需要募集更多资金。
Surgeons found a severe narrowing of one of Mr McQuillan's arteries and inserted a stent to widen it.
外科医生发现查尔斯一条严非常狭窄的动脉，植入了血管内支架以扩展它。
He studied every product, its customers and its pricing, and found a way to finally widen profit margins on many products.
他研究了每件产品、对应客户群以及定价，并找出方法最终扩大了许多产品的利润空间。
Fiscal policy makers should not allow the current account gap to widen during periods of solid national economic growth, he said.
他说，在国家经济稳固成长时期，财政政策官员不应允许经常账缺口扩大.（完）
Neal is a little reluctant to walk across the large parking lot, but once he nears the exhibit, his eyes widen with excitement.
在经过大型停车场时Neal有一些不情愿，但一走近展览馆，他马上就兴奋地睁大了眼睛。
Well, the office is quite small and I now wish to widen my experience and I hope to improve my prospects.
嗯，那间公司太小而我想扩充我的工作经验，发展我的前途。
Compared with his strange opponents, he looked and sounded like a chief executive, and his big lead over Mr Paladino continues to widen.
于他那些奇怪的对手相比，他的言行举止更像一名州长。他对帕拉迪诺先生比分优势更加明显。
This is one of the real underlying economic reasons why the gap between rich and poor nations seems to widen every year.
这就是富国和穷国之间的鸿沟似乎逐年扩大的一个真正潜在的经济原因。
Near the bottom of the hill, the slope gentle d and the street began to widen.
靠近山底的时候，斜坡变得平缓一些，街道也宽阔了起来。
I'm not quite sure why I feel like this, perhaps I unconsciously try to widen the gap between my parents and me.
我不很确定我为什么这样，也许潜意识里我尽力地在扩大我与父母之间的代沟。
This may be wishful thinking. Just as likely, the gap between the winners and the rest will widen.
但也许只是痴心妄想，赢家和输家之间的鸿沟完全可能继续加宽。
And , without a pick-up in drilling activity from current levels , this deficit could widen even further in 2011 .
同时，如果钻探活动没有在当前水平上有所增加，2011年这种供应不足可能还将进一步扩大。
At the beginning when I drew several roller coasters, I feel that I was affected by the express of painting and bungee jumping more widen.
开始画过山车，画了几张就感觉画面的表达受到影响，蹦极在表达上更开阔自由一些。
This is one of the real underlying economic reasons why the gap between rich and poor nations seems to widen every year.
这就是富国和穷国之间的鸿沟似乎逐年扩大的一个真正潜在的经济原因。
The spreads between Italian and German government debt had begun to widen well before Mr Papandreou dropped his bombshell.
在帕潘德里欧做出这一惊人之举之前，意大利和德国政府债务的蔓延已经开始扩大。
In recent years, the theories of pragmatics now sharpen our eyes and widen our horizon in humor studies.
近年来语用学的逐渐成熟，为我们今天对幽默展开深入研究提供了更宽的视野和更新的角度。
Strong majorities in all eight countries surveyed consider that income inequality will widen even more over the next five years.
在全部8个受访国家，绝大多数受访者认为在未来5年内，收入差距将进一步扩大。
It's more effective to promote the urban consumption than the rural, and the efficiency gap between them continues to widen.
对城市居民消费的促进效应强于对农村消费的促进效应，且在两者之间的差距还在不断扩大；
It grew worse during the recent recession, and is likely to widen again as government budget cuts fall disproportionately on poorer regions.
而且随着政府削减开支的举措对落后地区造成较大影响，地区差距很可能再次扩大。
The Danish team is hoping that the research taking place here might help at least to widen the debate.
这个丹麦团队希望，在此进行的研究至少会对扩展探讨范围有所帮助。
In Communist society, accumulated labour is but a means to widen, to enrich, to promote the existence of the labourer.
在共产主义社会里，已经积累起来的劳动只是扩大、丰富和提高工人的生活的一种手段。
One proposal is to widen that to allow two children if just one of the parents is an only child.
一个提议是，将二胎政策扩大到夫妻双方只有一方为独生子女的家庭。
It has therefore had to widen the scope of its asset sales and approach Chinalco about taking on greater involvement.
因此该公司不得不扩大资产出售的范围，并与中铝就更大程度的参与进行接洽。
To the degree that the generators evolve, to such a degree the synthesis will widen in radius.
合成的半径将随发生器水晶进化的程度而扩大。
The suggestion that Beijing might widen the renminbi's daily trading band also misses the point.
有关中国可能扩大人民币日交易波幅的说法也有失偏颇。
We are not able to widen the spans of the chair feet because this product is manufactured by way of clamping.
由于这款产品是采用卡接的方式，所以无法扩大椅子脚之间的间距。
The chasm between the United States and China could widen as their differing interests become more pronounced.
随着美国与中国的利益差别化，这两者间的差异将进一步拉大。
Secondly, widen activity carriers and actively promote their skill and quality by means of innovative measures.
二是拓宽活动载体，以创新的举措积极提升女职工的技能素质、文化素质和心理素质；
