broaden

英 [ˈbrɔːdn]

美 [ˈbrɔːdn]

v.  变宽; 变阔; (使)扩大影响; 增长(经验、知识等)

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

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Collins.1 / BNC.6900 / COCA.6614

短语用例

broaden out

• 变宽；变阔
  to become wider
  1. Her smile broadened.
     她笑得更加灿烂了。

牛津词典

verb

• 变宽；变阔
  to become wider
  1. Her smile broadened.
     她笑得更加灿烂了。
• （使）扩大影响
  to affect or make sth affect more people or things
  1. a promise to broaden access to higher education
     拓宽高等教育渠道的承诺
  2. The party needs to broaden its appeal to voters.
     该党需要进一步吸引选民。
• 增长（经验、知识等）
  to increase your experience, knowledge, etc.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 变宽
  When somethingbroadens, it becomes wider.
  1. The trails broadened into roads...
     羊肠小道变成了宽阔的公路。
  2. The smile broadened to a grin.
     笑容变得更加灿烂。
• V-ERG 扩大…的范围；增长，增加（经验、受欢迎程度）
  When youbroadensomething such as your experience or popularity or when itbroadens, the number of things or people that it includes becomes greater.
  1. We must broaden our appeal...
     我们必须进行更广泛的呼吁。
  2. I thought you wanted to broaden your horizons...
     我想你是想拓宽自己的视野。
  3. The political spectrum has broadened.
     政治范围得到了扩大。
• PHRASE 开阔（心胸）
  If an experiencebroadensyourmind, it makes you more willing to accept other people's beliefs and customs.
  1. They say that travel broadens the mind.
     他们说旅行能够开阔心胸。

英英释义

verb

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

双语例句

• I think I can broaden my horizon of our country's culture during the holiday.
  我想我会增加对我国文化的了解。
• In addition, friendship can enrich our life and broaden our outlook.
  此外，友谊可充实我们的生活及拓展我们的视野。
• An information architect should care about web analytics because it allows you to broaden the scope of your research.
  一个信息架构师应该关注web分析，因为这可以拓宽你研究的范围。
• We must broaden our appeal
  我们必须进行更广泛的呼吁。
• To promote mutual understanding and trust, Asia and Europe should broaden and increase political dialogues.
  为了增进相互理解和信任，亚洲和欧洲应该扩大和增加政治对话。
• I thought you wanted to broaden your horizons
  我想你是想拓宽自己的视野。
• We'll broaden the discussion out in a minute.
  我们马上要扩大讨论的范围。
• I have been able to broaden my horizons through the trainings and seminars I have attended.
  透过训练和研讨班，开阔了我的视野。
• Use this knowledge, as we do, to broaden your perspective of what makes a person'human.
  使用了这些知识，就像我们做的，能够拓宽你之所以为“人”的观点。
• I hoped that going to university might broaden my horizons.
  我希望上大学能拓宽我的视野。