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 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。
• Important though these effects are, they do at least reflect positive-sum developments: rising prosperity and widening opportunity.
  这些影响固然重要，但它们至少反映出一些正和的进展：繁荣程度的提高和机遇的扩大。
• 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。
• 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；
• The North-South gap is widening.
  南北差距进一步扩大。
• 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。
• We must promote fairness in income distribution and gradually narrow the widening income gap.
  我们不仅要实现收入分配的公平，逐步减少分配收入差距扩大的现象。
• 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
• The gap in potential growth between the industrialised countries and the emerging market countries is widening.
  工业化国家与新兴市场国家之间潜在增长率的差距正在扩大。