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

• The gap has been widening.
  这里的贫富差距在日益扩大。
• 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。
• The North-South gap is widening.
  南北差距进一步扩大。
• 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。
• The gap between the blue-chip investment wines and the rest is widening all the time.
  优质的“投资级”葡萄酒和其它品种之间的价格差距一直都在扩大。
• Finally, some important techniques for widening frequency range and improving control voltage of VCO are also proposed too.
  最后，还提出了有关扩展压控振荡器的频率范围和改善其控制电压的关键技术。
• 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 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。