the narrowness of sth
the narrowness of sth 常表示具体物体宽度小;narrowness 通常作不可数名词。
The narrowness of the door made it difficult to carry the sofa through.
门的狭窄使得沙发很难搬过去。
狭小;窄小
局限性;狭隘;狭窄;狭隘;狭窄处;狭窄通道或地方;局限;小气
the property of being narrow; having little width
狭窄;狭隘
The state of being narrow.
狭窄处;狭窄通道或地方;局限
A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.
The narrowness of the hallway made it difficult to move the furniture upstairs.
走廊的狭窄使把家具搬上楼变得很困难。
用法提示:narrowness 作名词,表示空间上的狭小。
We were surprised by the narrowness of the river at that point.
我们惊讶于那条河在那里的狭窄。
用法提示:narrowness 指宽度小。
His narrowness of vision kept him from accepting new ideas.
他视野的狭隘使他无法接受新思想。
用法提示:narrowness 在此表示抽象意义上的狭隘。
the narrowness of sth 常表示具体物体宽度小;narrowness 通常作不可数名词。
The narrowness of the door made it difficult to carry the sofa through.
门的狭窄使得沙发很难搬过去。
narrowness of 后接抽象名词时,表示在范围、眼光或视野上的局限,多含负面意味。
Narrowness of vision can prevent a company from adapting to change.
视野的狭隘会使公司无法适应变化。
limitation 侧重能力或条件的固有极限,常用复数;narrowness 强调范围窄小,语气更抽象,二者不能完全等同。
restriction 多指规则、法律等外加的限制,而 narrowness 仅描述范围受限的状态,不带‘人为规定’的含义。
constraint 指外力或环境造成的制约,语气强于 narrowness,多用于正式或技术语境。
grammar · medium
易错句子His narrowness prevented him from tipping the waiter.
正确表达His stinginess prevented him from tipping the waiter.
词典中 narrowness 的释义“小气”是误导:英语 narrowness 表示“狭窄/狭隘”,不表示“吝啬”。舍不得花钱应用 stinginess。
grammar · medium
易错句子The narrowness of these roads are a serious safety issue.
正确表达The narrowness of these roads is a serious safety issue.
主语是 the narrowness(单数),of these roads 是后置定语,因此谓语动词应与 narrowness 一致,用 is,不能用 are。
narrowness 表示‘狭小’或‘范围/视野局限’时,breadth 都是常用反义词;本义指横向宽度,引申义指广博的范围。
与 narrowness 的‘狭小(横向距离小)’义项相对,侧重可测量的横向尺寸;width 较具体,breadth 还可用于抽象范围,二者并非完全等同。
narrowness 是名词,指“狭窄的状态或程度”;narrow 是形容词,作定语或表语,不能直接表示“狭窄”这个概念。
narrowness 可指物理上的窄或范围受限;narrow-mindedness 专指思想观念上不容异见、固执狭隘。
narrowness 的“小气”义指心胸狭窄、斤斤计较;stinginess 指花钱或用东西时过分吝惜。
心胸狭隘;思想狭隘
His narrowness of mind is evident in his refusal to listen to other opinions.
他拒绝听取其他意见,足见其心胸狭隘。
眼光狭隘;视野狭隘
The company's narrowness of vision prevented it from adapting to the digital age.
公司视野狭隘,未能适应数字时代。
范围狭窄;局限性
The narrowness of the investigation's scope meant that many important issues were ignored.
调查范围狭窄,导致许多重要问题被忽视。
街道狭窄
The narrowness of the streets in the old city makes it difficult for ambulances to get through.
老城区街道狭窄,救护车很难通过。
dark + ness
weak + ness
kind + ness
ill + ness
small + ness
narrow(狭窄的;狭隘的)+ -ness(名词后缀,表示性质或状态)
描述物体宽度时常用 dimension,narrowness 指某一维度上的宽度很小。
谈论范围大小时与 narrowness 的“范围受限”含义相关。
narrowness 常用来形容空间狭小。
窄的通道常被描述为具有 narrowness。
测量宽度时涉及 narrowness 这一属性。
心胸狭隘;思想狭隘
His narrowness of mind kept him from understanding other cultures.
他思想的狭隘使他无法理解其他文化。
目光短浅;视野狭窄
The project failed because of the narrowness of vision in the planning team.
该项目因规划团队目光短浅而失败。
见解狭隘;眼界狭窄
Travel can help overcome the narrowness of outlook one grows up with.
旅行有助于克服成长过程中形成的狭隘眼界。
思想的狭隘是残忍的根源。
This famous aphorism by Oscar Wilde warns that narrowness of mind often leads to cruelty.
王尔德的这句著名格言警示我们,思想的狭隘常常导致残忍。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.