Widen
[ 'waɪdn ]
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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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From 1830 onwards in the USA and from about 1870 in Canada, settlers began to move westwards and to take possession of the plains as their own.
美国自1830年起，加拿大从1870年左右起，殖民者开始向西迁移，并把平原据为己有。
It's a part-time job, so I only work evenings.
这是份兼职，因此我只是晚间上班。
We were so excited, my brother and I, that we did not get to sleep until very late.
我们太激动，以至于我和我弟到很晚才睡得着。