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

• He was, at first, astonished at this sudden widening.
  开始他感到惊讶，阴渠忽然扩大了。
• In this paper, the gauge widening and rail overturning under the different parameters of track structure are discussed.
  本文从理论上讨论了在不同轨道刚度条件下的轨距扩大和钢轨侧翻问题。
• 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。
• The North-South gap is widening.
  南北差距进一步扩大。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wage differences in the two areas are widening
  两个地区的工资差距正在拉大。
• 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。
• The gap has been widening.
  这里的贫富差距在日益扩大。