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单词 broaden
释义
broaden
verb
uk
/ˈbrɔː.dən/us
/ˈbrɑː.dən/

broadenverb(WIDER)

[IorT]
tobecomewider, or tocausesomething tobecomewider:
（使）变宽；（使）变阔
Thetrackbroadens andbecomesaroadat thispoint.小道逐渐拓宽，到这里就成了一条马路。
They are broadening thebridgetospeedup theflowoftraffic.他们正在拓宽大桥以提高通行能力。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Enlarging and inflating
  • augmentation
  • balloon
  • bloat
  • build(someone/something)up
  • bulk
  • bulksomethingout
  • deepen
  • explosively
  • flare
  • fluffsomethingup
  • implacably
  • inflation
  • lengthen
  • maximize
  • puff
  • reinflate
  • reinflation
  • scalesomethingup
  • stretch
  • widen
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broadenverb(MORE GENERAL)

C1[T]
toincreasetherangeof something:
扩展；拓宽
They'veintroducedallsortsof newelementsto thatprogrammeinorderto broadenitsappeal.他们已经给那个节目加入了各种新元素以增强其吸引力。
Ihopedthat going tocollegemight broaden myhorizons(=increasetherangeof myknowledgeandexperience).我希望上大学能使我增长见识。
broadenthe/yourmind
to make someoneunderstandmore andknowmore about differentsubjects,ideas,places, etc.:
拓展（视野，思维）
They say thattravelbroadens themind.他们说旅行拓展思维。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
  • abstract
  • anti-reductionism
  • anti-reductionist
  • broad brush
  • complicate
  • enlarge on/uponsomething
  • expand
  • expand onsomething
  • expansively
  • expansiveness
  • overgeneralization
  • overgeneralize
  • oversimplification
  • oversimplify
  • predigested
  • specificity
  • specify
  • split hairsidiom
  • standardization
  • standardize
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Phrasal verb

broaden out
(Definition ofbroadenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

broaden| American Dictionary

broaden
verb
us
/ˈbrɔ·dən/

broadenverb(WIDE)

[I/T]
tobecomewider, or tocausesomething to bewider:
[T]They are broadening theroadtospeedup theflowoftraffic.

broadenverb(GENERAL)

[T]
toincreasetherangeof something:
Going tocollegewill broadenyourinterests.
(Definition ofbroadenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

broaden| Business English

broaden
verb[T]
uk
/ˈbrɔːdən/us
toincreasetherangeof something:
Newrulesshouldhelpcreditunionsexpandtheiractivitiesandbroadenaccesstocheaperborrowing.
Weplantobroadenourrangeofproductsandservices.
(Definition ofbroadenfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbroaden

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In short, the author has truly broadened the angle of perspective on the car's meaning in everyday life, which is no small accomplishment.
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Situated valuation broadens the range of morally relevant information, but it is not an alternative to moral scrutiny.
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We called them 'performers who have broadened their range'.
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Rather than further refine this limit case, mathematical models should be applied to generalizations of the limit case itself, broadening our understanding of behavioral processes.
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The character of international relations was now broadening and their essential nature altering.
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The fossil record also reveals that anatomical changes that broadened and shortened the pelvis and reshaped the birth canal began occurring well before this exodus.
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Can see advantages in terms of" broadening horizons" in theory.
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The definition of ligands and receptors becomes broadened in this context, and cell adhesions as well as gap junctions enter into the story.
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By incorporating national covenantal ideology into state oaths, exponents broadened the boundaries of political participation and sacralized the grounds for national allegiance.
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Exclusive groups draw part of their strength and self-definition from their narrowness - broadening them, or lowering the barriers to entry, simply weakens them.
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In short, for many, broadening access may take precedence over health outcomes maximization.
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The hypothesis that there is less variation among sign languages can be tested only by broadening the range of sign languages studied.
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Against this background, the research focus was broadened to include wider political processes.
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Thus, in addition to broadening the scope of rights that ought to be measured, political scientists need to deepen their sources of information.
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My knowledge of listening devices, microphones, hydrophones and accelerometers has broadened; the ease with which sounds can be transmitted digitally today is amazing.
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