柯林斯詞典broaden /?br??d?n/ (broadening,broadened,broadens) 1. V-I When something broadens, it becomes wider. 變寬 The trails broadened into roads. 小徑變寬成大路了。2. V-T/V-I When you broaden something such as your experience or popularity, or when it broadens, the number of things or people that it includes becomes greater. 擴(kuò)寬; 開(kāi)闊 We must broaden our appeal. 我們必須擴(kuò)大我們的吸引力。 I thought you wanted to broaden your horizons. 我以為你想拓寬自己的視野。 返回 broaden劍橋詞典 broaden verb (WIDER) [ 不及物動(dòng)詞:后面不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 or 及物動(dòng)詞:后面接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ] to become wider , or to cause something to become wider (使)變寬;(使)變闊 The track broadens and becomes a road at this point . 小道逐漸拓寬,到這里就成了一條馬路。 They are broadening the bridge to speed up the flow of traffic . 他們正在拓寬大橋以提高通行能力。 broaden verb (MORE GENERAL) [ 及物動(dòng)詞:后面接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ] to increase the range of something 擴(kuò)展;拓寬 They've introduced all sorts of new elements to that programme in order to broaden its appeal . 他們已經(jīng)給那個(gè)節(jié)目加入了各種新元素以增強(qiáng)其吸引力。 I hoped that going to college might broaden my horizons (= increase the range of my knowledge and experience ). 我希望上大學(xué)能使我增長(zhǎng)見(jiàn)識(shí)。 ?broaden the/your mind to make someone understand more and know more about different subjects , ideas , places , etc. 拓展(視野,思維) They say that travel broadens the mind . 他們說(shuō)旅行拓展思維。 The Internet can give children opportunities to broaden their minds . 互聯(lián)網(wǎng)給兒童帶來(lái)機(jī)會(huì)讓他們拓展視野。 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞broaden out 返回 broaden