单词 | widening |
释义 | widening (once / 1757 pages) n WORD FAMILY widening: widenings+/wide: widely, widen, wideness, wider, wides, widest, width/widen: widened, widening, widens/width: widths USAGE EXAMPLESThe widening gap is “due to a boom in capital income,” according to research by French economist Thomas Piketty. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) On a more strategic level, he said, the attack helps fulfill the group’s core objective of widening the gulf between Muslims and non-Muslims. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) The trucker’s vision was obscured by bridge columns, which were added as part of a recent Spokane Street Viaduct widening, the cyclist’s attorneys argued. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1n an increase in width Syn|Ant|Hyper broadening narrowing a decrease in width growth, increase, increment a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important 2n the act of making something wider Syn|Ant|Hyper broadening narrowing the act of making something narrower change of shape an action that changes the shape of something 3n a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park Syn|Hyper turnout part, portion something less than the whole of a human artifact |
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