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

• Widening inequities in health outcome within and between countries;
  在国家之内和国家之间存在且又不断扩大的健康结果不公平现象；
• Long-mothballed projects like widening the Suez Canal are being dusted off.
  诸如拓宽苏伊士运河等长期束之高阁的计划正被重新采用。
• 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
• He was, at first, astonished at this sudden widening.
  开始他感到惊讶，阴渠忽然扩大了。
• The widening gap between the rich and poor has become the most burning social issue in China.
  贫富差距的拉大已经成为中国社会一个最严重的问题。
• The widening gap between rich and poor is resulting in social tensions.
  中国的贫富差距日趋扩大，正在造成社会紧张。
• The urban areas of our country face the dual problems of widening income gap and continued consumption slump.
  我国城镇内部面临收入差距的不断扩大和消费一直不振的双重问题。
• The study may be useful to the selection, design and construction of subgrade treatments in highway widening engineering.
  研究成果对路基拓宽工程中处治措施的选择、设计和施工具有重要的借鉴和指导意义。
• European integration will now take place within the euro zone, widening the gap between ins and outs.
  在欧元区内欧洲融合是不大可能会发生的，加宽内欧洲国家和外欧洲国家的缺口。
• It has to address its widening income inequality, environmental degradation and aging population.
  包括大范围的收入不均，环境问题和年龄问题。