broaden

美 [ˈbrɔːdn]英 [ˈbrɔːdn]
  • v.增长(经验、知识等);变宽;(使)扩大影响;变阔

过去式: broadened 现在分词: broadening 过去分词: broadened 第三人称单数: broadens

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verb

1

变宽;变阔
to become wider

Her smile broadened.

她笑得更加灿烂了。

2

(使)扩大影响
to affect or make sth affect more people or things

a promise to broaden access to higher education

拓宽高等教育渠道的承诺

The party needs to broaden its appeal to voters.

该党需要进一步吸引选民。

3

增长(经验、知识等)
to increase your experience, knowledge, etc.

Few would disagree that travel broadens the mind (= helps you to understand other people's customs, etc.) .

旅游有助于开阔眼界,很少有人会不同意这一点。

Spending a year working in the city helped to broaden his horizons .

在城市工作的一年拓宽了他的视野。

4

变宽;变阔
to become wider

broaden

频次

  • 1
    VERB 变宽
    When something broadens, it becomes wider.

    The trails broadened into roads...

    羊肠小道变成了宽阔的公路。

  • 2
    V-ERG 扩大…的范围;增长,增加(经验、受欢迎程度)
    When you broaden something such as your experience or popularity or when it broadens, the number of things or people that it includes becomes greater.

    We must broaden our appeal...

    我们必须进行更广泛的呼吁。

  • 3
    PHRASE 开阔(心胸)
    If an experience broadens your mind, it makes you more willing to accept other people's beliefs and customs.

    They say that travel broadens the mind.

    他们说旅行能够开阔心胸。

verb

1
become broader
The road broadened
2
make broader
broaden the road
3
vary in order to spread risk or to expand
The company diversified
Synonym: diversify branch out
4
extend in scope or range or area
The law was extended to all citizens
widen the range of applications
broaden your horizon
Extend your backyard
Synonym: widen extend

数据来源:WordNet

  1. The journal should raise the quality , broaden the influence , to serves teaching and scientific research well .

    高校学报应提高质量,扩大影响,更好地为教学和科研服务。

  2. We broaden in experiences by traveling .

    旅行增长我们的经验。

  3. Spending a year working in the city helped to broaden his horizons .

    在城市工作的一年拓宽了他的视野。

  4. The party needs to broaden its appeal to voters .

    该党需要进一步吸引选民。

  5. Her smile broadened .

    她笑得更加灿烂了。

  6. The debate is broadening out to include questions about the structure of French education

    辩论的范围进一步扩大,将法国教育结构的问题也包括了进来。

  7. We 'll broaden the discussion out in a minute .

    我们马上要扩大讨论的范围。

  8. They say that travel broadens the mind .

    他们说旅行能够开阔心胸。

  9. I thought you wanted to broaden your horizons

    我想你是想拓宽自己的视野。

  10. The political spectrum has broadened .

    政治范围得到了扩大。

  11. Glasgow has broadened its appeal since taking on the mantle of European City of Culture in 1990

    自从1990年荣获“欧洲文化之都”的光荣称号以来,格拉斯哥的魅力大增。

  12. We must broaden our appeal

    我们必须进行更广泛的呼吁。

  13. Here the Nile broadens out between the huge granite boulders .

    尼罗河在此处变宽,从两块花岗岩巨石间穿过。

  14. By embracing other cultures and genres , we actually broaden our horizons , rather than narrow any existing ones .

    通过接纳其他文化和体裁,我们实际上拓宽了领域,而不是让现有的范围变得狭窄。

  15. The smile broadened to a grin .

    笑容变得更加灿烂。

  16. The country has been trying to broaden its commerce with other nations .

    该国一直在努力扩大与其他国家的贸易往来。

  17. Travel broadens one 's horizon .

    旅行使人开眼。

  18. The advertisements of costume in Paris broadened his outlook .

    巴黎的服装广告使他大开眼界。

  19. They have broadened out the avenue considerably .

    他们把这条马路加宽了不少。

  20. T is believed ( those ) reading increases our knowledgeable and broadens our mind .

    一般相信泛读渐增咱们的学识、扩大咱们的心胸。

  21. By broadening the tax base and lowering tax rates , we can increase government revenue and distort incentives less .

    通过增加收税人群和降低税率,我们能增加政府收入,而且其动机不会被扭曲。

  22. These offerings are not necessarily loss-leaders , as they broaden the appeal of outlets to groups of diners that include some people who don 't want to eat a burger .

    提供的这些东西未必是亏本特卖品,因为它们增强了廉价食品店对食客群体,包括不想吃汉堡的人们的吸引力。

  23. Let 's broaden out the discussion to talk about education as a whole .

    我们来扩大一下讨论范围,全面谈谈教育问题。

  24. a promise to broaden access to higher education

    拓宽高等教育渠道的承诺

  25. A red ant on land heard of the huge turtle 's magnificent feat1 and was pleasantly surprised . Thereupon , it called together a big swarm2 of ants to come to the seashore to have a good look to broaden their minds .

    陆地上,一只红蚂蚁听说大鳌有如此壮举,非常惊喜,于是约了一大群蚂蚁来到海岸边,想好好看看,开开眼界。

  26. It broadens a new research field of the language acquisition .

    它开创了语言习得研究新领域。

  27. Adaption to Market Economy , Broadening the Field of Information Research

    适应市场经济发展拓宽情报研究领域

  28. Developing Chinese Practical Activities and Broadening Chinese Studying Way

    开展语文实践活动拓宽语文学习渠道

  29. Broaden the development room further for the Northeast traditional industrial base ;

    进一步拓展东北老工业基地的发展空间;

  30. To Broaden Typical Examples in Order to Develop Thinking Ability

    拓宽典型例题训练思维能力

  • 短语动词

以下资源来自牛津词典

broaden out

变宽;变阔
to become wider

同义词

v.

gain widen