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widen + noun phrase
及物用法，宾语为被加宽的对象。
The council decided to widen the main street.
市议会决定加宽主街。
加宽；拓宽；扩大
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
加宽；拓宽；扩大
make something wider or broader
The council decided to widen the main street.
市议会决定加宽主街。
变宽。
To become wide or wider.
变宽或扩展
become broader or wider or more extensive
使变宽。
To make wide or wider.
放大(衣服)
make (clothes) larger
widen
Base
原形
widens
3rd person
第三人称单数
widening
-ing
现在分词
widened
Past
过去式
widened
Past participle
过去分词
The road widens here.
这条路在这里变宽。
They widened the path last year.
他们去年加宽了这条小路。
The city plans to widen this road to reduce traffic jams.
这座城市计划拓宽这条路以减少交通拥堵。
AI contextual example
Her eyes widened in surprise when she heard the news.
听到这个消息时，她惊讶地睁大了眼睛。
AI contextual example
As the river flows downstream, it gradually widens.
这条河向下游流去时逐渐变宽。
AI contextual example
The road widened
道路变宽了。
WordNet
及物用法，宾语为被加宽的对象。
The council decided to widen the main street.
市议会决定加宽主街。
不及物用法，主语本身变宽或扩大。
The income gap between the rich and poor continues to widen.
贫富收入差距继续扩大。
表示从窄变宽的延伸或扩展结果。
The narrow trail widens into a proper road.
狭窄的小径变成了一条像样的路。
Not this
The river wide in spring.
Use this
The river widens in spring.
wide是形容词，不能直接作谓语；应使用动词widen表示变宽。
Not this
We need to widen up the entrance.
Use this
We need to widen the entrance.
widen是及物动词，后直接接宾语，不需要添加副词up；widen up不是标准搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
扩大差距
The economic policies have widened the gap between the rich and the poor.
经济政策扩大了贫富差距。
拓宽道路
The city council decided to widen the main road to reduce traffic congestion.
市议会决定拓宽主干道以缓解交通拥堵。
开阔视野
Traveling abroad can help widen your horizons.
出国旅行有助于开阔你的视野。
扩大范围
The investigation widened its scope to include other departments.
调查扩大了范围，将其他部门也包括在内。
扩大范围
We need to widen the range of products we offer.
我们需要扩大产品范围。
加宽门口
They had to widen the doorway to fit the new furniture.
他们不得不加宽门口以容纳新家具。
扩大差距
The new policy will only widen the gap between the rich and the poor.
新政策只会扩大贫富差距。
开阔眼界
Traveling abroad can really widen your horizons.
出国旅行确实能开阔你的眼界。
扩大范围
We need to widen the scope of our investigation.
我们需要扩大调查范围。
不断旋转，在越来越大的螺旋中
From W.B. Yeats' poem 'The Second Coming', this line is often quoted to describe a world spinning out of control.
出自叶芝的诗歌《第二次降临》，这句常被用来形容世界失控。
Use widen naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
wide是宽的，加上en表示“使变宽”，想象两条线之间距离变宽了。
语域：mixed 常见场景：物理宽度增加（如道路、裂缝）、抽象范围扩大（如差距、知识面） 通常既用于具体事物（如加宽道路）也用于抽象概念（如扩大差距），具体语境决定其语域。
None of these words rhyme with 'widen' because the stressed vowel differs (e.g., 'widen' /waɪdən/ vs 'broaden' /brɔːdən/). However, all end in the sound /dən/ and share the spelling 'den'.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.