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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I love you more than my own life, more than my wife, and more than all the world.
我爱你胜过爱我自己的生命、自己的妻子和整个世界。（他哭了。）
The sea journey lasted over sixty days and nights.
海上航行持续了60多个昼夜。
He thought they needed to know the direction to it.
它们还需要知道去那里的方向。