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 between rich and poor is still widening.
  贫富之间的差距仍在继续扩大。
• 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。
• A widening gap between the electorate and the elites threatens the fragile compact at the heart of free societies.
  选民和精英阶层之间日渐扩大的鸿沟，威胁着处于自由社会中心的脆弱契约。
• 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。
• These negative effects, in the common in the country rich and poor widening gap has reached unheard-of levels.
  这些负面效应是，在普遍的国家内贫富差距越拉越大，已经达到了前所未有的程度。
• 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。
• Wage differences in the two areas are widening
  两个地区的工资差距正在拉大。
• 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。
• He was, at first, astonished at this sudden widening.
  开始他感到惊讶，阴渠忽然扩大了。
• The margin of the superpowers over non-nuclear states had been widening.
  超级大国和非核国家之间的差距逐渐扩大了。