narrowed
past simple and past participle ofnarrow
| 单词 | narrowed |
| 释义 | narrowed past simple and past participle ofnarrow narrow verb uk/ˈnær.əʊ/us/ˈner.oʊ/narrowverb(LESS WIDE)C1[IorT] tobecomelesswideor to make something lesswide: Theroadnarrows after thebridge. He narrowed hiseyesinsuspicion. They have narrowed thefocusof theinvestigation, toconcentrateonyoungeradults. figurativeWe muststriveto narrow thegapbetweenrichandpoor. Narrow and thin
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making smaller or less narrowverb(LESS)C2[I] tobecomeless: The retailer'slossnarrowedto$3 millionfrom$10 million ayearearlier. Becoming and making smaller or less
Phrasal verbnarrowsomethingdown Examplesofnarrowednarrowed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Using the 11 mm figure, tests were conducted to see if the window for targeted control could benarrowed. From theCambridge English Corpus The ascending aorta was bulbous, butnarrowedat the transverse arch and at the site of repair of the aortic coarctation. From theCambridge English Corpus Optionsnarrowedfor arsenal workers as privately run factories shut down and the masses of unemployed grew. From theCambridge English Corpus This positivist approach sticks to facts that cannot be contested as such, but whose causality is deliberatelynarrowedto a balance of power. From theCambridge English Corpus Zoosporesnarroweddown toward the forward end and had two flagella. From theCambridge English Corpus But those discrepancies have widened, rather thannarrowed, during the post-war years. From theCambridge English Corpus Here, finally, is another way in which the distinction between speaking and revealing may benarrowed. From theCambridge English Corpus The results presented here show that the difference between men and women's psychological distress hasnarrowedover time. From theCambridge English Corpus In the last year, the design effort hasnarrowedits focus to three capsule designs. From theCambridge English Corpus This new development significantlynarrowedthe age differential between the leadership of these movements and the rank and file. From theCambridge English Corpus Choices, therefore, werenarrowedby the cost of services, their availability, speed of funding and the demand for hospital beds. From theCambridge English Corpus Bothnarrowedover two decades with the higher rates in women and those in manual occupations falling, to become nearer males and non-manual occupations. From theCambridge English Corpus With this in mind, wenarrowedour analyses to look only at those threeyear-old stories that had the strongest narrative content. From theCambridge English Corpus Research and policy in development studies has customarily focused on material aspects of wellbeing, and this has increasinglynarrowedto 'poverty reduction'. From theCambridge English Corpus Wild-type embryos exhibited onset of neural tube closure and had an elongatednarrowedbody axis. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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