broaden

英 ['br??d(?)n] 美['br?dn]
  • vi. 擴(kuò)大,變闊;變寬,加寬
  • vt. 使擴(kuò)大;使變寬

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詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱單數(shù):?broadens;過去式:?broadened;過去分詞:?broadened;現(xiàn)在分詞:?broadening;

英文詞源


broaden (v.)
1727, from broad (adj.) + -en (1). The word seems no older than this date (discovered by Johnson in one of James Thomson's "Seasons" poems); broadened also is first found in the same poet, and past participle adjective broadening is recorded from 1850.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. We must broaden our appeal.
我們必須進(jìn)行更廣泛的呼吁。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. We'll broaden the discussion out in a minute.
我們馬上要擴(kuò)大討論的范圍。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. a promise to broaden access to higher education
拓寬高等教育渠道的承諾

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. Let's broaden out the discussion to talk about education as a whole.
我們來(lái)擴(kuò)大一下討論范圍,全面談?wù)剹A育問題.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. We broaden in experiences by traveling.
旅行增長(zhǎng)我們的經(jīng)驗(yàn).

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》