| 单词 | broaden |
| 释义 | broaden (brɔːdən ) Word forms: broadens , broadening , broadened 1. verb When something broadens, it becomes wider. The trails broadened into roads. [VERB + into] The smile broadened to a grin. [VERB + to] Synonyms: widen, spread, extend, stretch 2. verb 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. [VERB noun] I thought you wanted to broaden your horizons. [VERB noun] The political spectrum has broadened. [VERB] Synonyms: expand, increase, develop, spread 3. broaden o's/the mind phrase [VERB inflects] 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. Phrasal verbs: broaden out 1. ergative phrasal verb If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater. The debate is broadening out to include questions about the structure of French education. [VERB PARTICLE] We'll broaden the discussion out in a minute. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb When something such as a river or road broadens out, it becomes wider. Here the Nile broadens out between the huge granite boulders. [VERB PARTICLE] Collocations: broaden a definition Recently, economists and statisticians have started to broaden the definition to include intangible assets such as spending on research and development and computer software. Times, Sunday Times Many local, state and national bar associations have recently launched initiatives to broaden the definition, raise the penalties, and increase the enforcement of unauthorized practice prohibitions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Usually applied to shared-ownership housing - with the slump, however, many housing associations are broadening the definition of a key worker. Times, Sunday Times The amended version broadens the definition to include threats to 'constitutional order, sovereignty and territorial and state integrity'. Times, Sunday Times Partly in order to 'throw in a few experiences' of his own, however, he swiftly broadens his definition of this journalistic species. The Times Literary Supplement Broaden the discussion and avoid confrontation. Times, Sunday Times It said it considered earlier meetings with management to be 'constructive' and the company should broaden the discussion to include all shareholders. Times, Sunday Times But he then, as usual, broadens the discussion, away from him, out into generalisation. Times, Sunday Times Broadening the discussion to literary and philosophical texts would have helped to illuminate the logic and limitations of the materials discussed. The Times Literary Supplement Earlier this month, it said that it would broaden access to all internet users. Times, Sunday Times Such grandiosity aside, the report outlines two guiding principles: to broaden access to the arts and to focus money on pinnacles of proven excellence. Times, Sunday Times It would broaden access to justice and resolve disputes 'more easily and cheaply'. Times, Sunday Times If you've only got a third or 40 per cent of young people staying on at school post-16 in some areas, it's very difficult for universities to broaden access. Times, Sunday Times The country's educational policy in the 1970s was intended to broaden access to education, as before that education beyond primary school was expensive and designed primarily for a small elite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now, intriguing discussions and challenging circumstances force you to broaden your horizon. Times, Sunday Times With changes in circumstances and unexpected offers forcing you to broaden your horizon, you're obliged to explore issues in ways that ordinarily wouldn't interest you. Times, Sunday Times Bell also has an international travels program which sends students across the world in order to broaden their horizon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Getting to know colleagues from different parts of the business during the trip broadened his horizons and had a positive impact. Times, Sunday Times Embarking on a graduate career with trains or planes will broaden your horizons, and every day will bring new challenges. Times, Sunday Times Both cities have recommendations for the sports program that would broaden participation and marketing. Globe and Mail Universities are under pressure to broaden participation by wooing students who would not previously have considered higher education. Times, Sunday Times These policy achievements have broadened participation and engagement, creating opportunities for inter-group exchange and understanding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was only a decade later when activists embraced the rights of illegal immigrants and helped broaden the focus to include their rights. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He soon broadened his focus to include political prisoners and dissidents. canada.com Shortly thereafter, he broadened his focus to accompany other artists of other genres, largely due to financial necessity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Arguing for a three-fold shift in the discipline, he calls for broadening the focus of policy-makers, improvisation in the tools employed by economists and an emphasis on empirical evidence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1992-1994 it broadened that focus to address the concept of ecological state change, which was linked in 1994-2000 to relationships between free surfaces (land, sea, freshwater table). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rising popularity of the electronic drum kit, which now accounts for more than half of total sales, has also helped to broaden the market. Times, Sunday Times Alternatively, these cheaper machines could broaden the market to companies that have not been able to afford them previously. Times, Sunday Times But their latest moves to broaden the market show that, in their pursuit of new revenue streams, the carriers are transforming themselves into more service-oriented businesses. Globe and Mail So we plan to repurpose the episodes to broaden the market. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have broadened the market by bringing in foreign customers. Times, Sunday Times They provide moments of connection which broaden his perspective. The Times Literary Supplement It has also brought in countless readers from overseas, which has helped to broaden my perspective. Times, Sunday Times What you learn from this exercise will so broaden your perspective that when the time to make changes arrives, you'll do so with conviction. Times, Sunday Times She had deliberately moved out of the commercial side of the operation because she wanted to broaden her perspective. Times, Sunday Times Now you need only broaden your perspective enough to spot those remarkable opportunities. Times, Sunday Times This will broaden the pool of applicants, he says. Times, Sunday Times That in turn creates the demand for skills we need and builds capacity and broadens the pool of people. Times, Sunday Times The judiciary has done a great deal in recent years by broadening the pool from which it recruits and offering alternative working practices. Times, Sunday Times To broaden the range of scientific advice they look at. Times,Sunday Times The company has also been looking at acquisitions, to broaden the range of software it can offer. Times, Sunday Times In setting the criteria for the candidates list, he has been determined to broaden the range. Times, Sunday Times Today the shelves reflect the effort they have put in to broaden the range, both in terms of price and scope. The Sun There will also be a range of new police qualifications to broaden the range of applicants and senior managers. Times, Sunday Times They also leverage their personal celebrity relationships to broaden their reach. The Sun The bank created the two categories to broaden the reach of the awards. Times, Sunday Times The same national houses are committed to broadening their reach through outdoor broadcasts, national cinema screenings and incredible education programmes. Times, Sunday Times Next year will be spent herding most, but not all, of the remaining military space programs into their stable and broadening their reach. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He broadened the reach of this field to include physics, psychology, sociology, and even anthropology. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These are wound up after five years and have reduced risk by broadening the scope of their investments. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The indications are that he also wants to broaden the scope of the membership. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The emergence of bioorthogonal reactions has greatly broadened the scope of biomolecule labeling and detecting. 2016, 'Development and Applications of the Copper-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition (CuAAC) as a Bioorthogonal Reaction', Molecules Translations: Chinese: 变宽 Japanese: 広くなる |
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