widening

英 [ˈwaɪdnɪŋ]

美 [ˈwaɪdnɪŋ]

v.  (使)变宽; 加宽; 拓宽; 放宽; (使)扩展，程度加深，范围扩大
widen的现在分词

现在分词：widening　复数：widenings　

计算机

BNC.13896 / COCA.14378

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

英英释义

noun

• the act of making something wider
  Synonym:broadening
• a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
  Synonym:turnout
• an increase in width
  Synonym:broadening

双语例句

• Whatever its cause, the fear and suspicion are fierce, and have fed a widening loathing of foreigners.
  无论原因何在，恐惧和猜疑都是很强烈的，并且激起了对外国人的日益增加的嫌恶。
• Important though these effects are, they do at least reflect positive-sum developments: rising prosperity and widening opportunity.
  这些影响固然重要，但它们至少反映出一些正和的进展：繁荣程度的提高和机遇的扩大。
• The margin of the superpowers over non-nuclear states had been widening.
  超级大国和非核国家之间的差距逐渐扩大了。
• The Study on the Widening of the Income Gap's Influence on the Consumption Inadequate of Chinese Resident
  收入差距扩大对我国居民消费不足的影响研究
• The development gap between the world's rich and poor is widening.
  世界上富国和穷国之间的发展差距正在扩大。
• A widening gap between the electorate and the elites threatens the fragile compact at the heart of free societies.
  选民和精英阶层之间日渐扩大的鸿沟，威胁着处于自由社会中心的脆弱契约。
• Newspapers enjoyed a widening circle of readers.
  报纸拥有越来越广泛的读者群。
• He stresses that a further widening of the urban-rural income gap, already 3.3:1, would be explosive.
  他强调，城乡收入差距（目前为3.3：1）的进一步扩大将是爆炸性的。
• 9. These days we often hear about the widening gap between the rich and poor.
  最近，我们经常听到贫富差距扩大了的说法。
• He was, at first, astonished at this sudden widening.
  开始他感到惊讶，阴渠忽然扩大了。