Widen

(verb.) become broader or wider or more extensive; 'The road widened'.

(verb.) make wider; 'widen the road'.

(verb.) extend in scope or range or area; 'The law was extended to all citizens'; 'widen the range of applications'; 'broaden your horizon'; 'Extend your backyard'.

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• But one must not expect every thing; though I suppose it would be no difficult matter to widen them. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Shortly afterwards, his mouth began to widen again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• And after five years Death again came to widen his path, by taking away his wife. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• To widen the market, and to narrow the competition, is always the interest of the dealers. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I set him down (as well as it was possible to judge) for a lawyer's clerk, and stopped at once to widen the distance between us. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It widened as she turned to go, and no one advanced to fill it up. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The latter's eyes widened charmingly and she broke into a light laugh. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The desolate feeling with which I went abroad, deepened and widened hourly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Her lips trembled and her gaze widened with tears. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The oranges continue along these rollers until the space between the rollers has widened to the point where each particular size drops into a labeled bin. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The lake widened and across it on the shore at the foot of the mountains on the other side we saw a few lights that should be Luino. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The green lane widened into a little circle of grass, where there was a small trickle of water at the bottom of a sloping bank. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Entering as a factor into an activity pursued for its own sake--whether as a means or as a widening of the content of the aim--it is informing. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Within two years this man completed and made that art available in its essential, fundamental facts, which remain unchanged after thirty years of rapid improvement and widening application. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• She glanced up, and he saw by her widening eyes that there must be something strange in his own. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Along with that came the widening breach between himself and his mother. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Ingenious arrangements generally exist for widening or narrowing the cultivator and for throwing the soil from the centre of the furrow to opposite sides and against the plant. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Dredges were put to work immediately widening the channel at Cucaracha slide in Gaillard Cut, so that within a short time the canal was ready for use throughout its entire length. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This streak of bitterness came from a plenteous source, and kept widening in the current of his thought as he neared Lowick Gate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But it does not lead to new perceptions of bearings and connections; it limits rather than widens the meaning-horizon. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It widens always. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In some parts it widens into a morass. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• While the river runs in a narrow, confined channel in the upper hilly country, only a small surface is exposed; a greater as the river widens. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Classes, genera, and species of animals appear and disappear, but the range widens. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But as civilization advances, the gap between the capacities of the young and the concerns of adults widens. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But if one examines closely into one or two differences, the gap widens. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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