She has a broad knowledge of computers. 她对计算机有广博的知识。
This room is as broad as it is long. 那个房间长宽相等。
broad
[ noun ]
slang term for a woman
<noun.person> a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch [ adj ]
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
<adj.all> wide roads a wide necktie wide margins three feet wide a river two miles broad broad shoulders a broad river
broad in scope or content
<adj.all> across-the-board pay increases an all-embracing definition blanket sanctions against human-rights violators an invention with broad applications a panoptic study of Soviet nationality granted him wide powers
not detailed or specific
<adj.all> a broad rule the broad outlines of the plan felt an unspecific dread
lacking subtlety; obvious
<adj.all> gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave
being at a peak or culminating point
<adj.all> broad daylight full summer
very large in expanse or scope
<adj.all> a broad lawn the wide plains a spacious view spacious skies
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
<adj.all> a broad southern accent
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
<adj.all> a broad political stance generous and broad sympathies a liberal newspaper tolerant of his opponent's opinions
Broad \Broad\ (br[add]d), a. [Compar. {Broader} (br[add]d"[~e]r); superl. {Broadest}.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. {Breadth}.] 1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to {narrow}; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. ``Broad and open day.'' --Bp. Porteus.
4. Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
A broad mixture of falsehood. --Locke.
Note: Hence:
5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. --D. Daggett.
In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. --E. Everett.
6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
As broad and general as the casing air. --Shak.
8. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See {Breadth}.
9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged.
{Broad acres}. See under {Acre}.
{Broad arrow}, originally a pheon. See {Pheon}, and {Broad arrow} under {Arrow}.
{As broad as long}, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes.
It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. --L'Estrange.
Broad \Broad\, n. 1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] --Southey.
3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. --Knight.
In these instances, he said, the panel would be looking at a broad range of similar transactions in an attempt to reach a decision which would be applicable to the activities of a broad range of market participants.
In these instances, he said, the panel would be looking at a broad range of similar transactions in an attempt to reach a decision which would be applicable to the activities of a broad range of market participants.
"Evidence is increasing on the scientific table that change is occurring," said Bob Corell of the National Science Foundation, adding that both natural and human-induced changes could have a broad impact on the future.
Resellers are good at selling computer systems to traditional technical markets, but lack extensive experience and a broad clientele among businesses.
Asked what will hold all this together, Mr. Kasputys cites three broad principles.
The FT-SE Mid 250 Index shed 2.2 to 3,500.2 as buyers continued to back away across the broad range of the market. A more revealing picture of the day's trading came from the official business volume figures.
Tokyo share prices staged a moderate rally in the afternoon session to erase most of the morning's losses, but the buying interest was narrowly focused and the broad market closed mixed.
Friday's Market Activity Rising interest rates and a weakening U.S. dollar bashed stock prices Friday, crushing the blue-chips and a broad array of issues.
South African state-of-emergency regulations in effect since 1986 restrict reporting about unrest, security force actions, treatment of detainees, some forms of protest, and a broad range of statements the government considers subversive.
There are just too many economic problems for me." East Berlin's main avenue, the broad Unter den Linden, was a surging tide of shoulder-to-shoulder celebrants who flowed from one side of downtown to the other.
Trouble is, most players in the broad "average" range (and a lot of quite excellent players, too) are so far from that ideal that we couldn't be nudged there with a bulldozer.
If the broad correlation of forces runs overwhelmingly against Saddam, how can he move with impunity?
Some analysts expressed surprise that Mr. Hayes wasn't the choice for chairman, citing his broad experience, more outgoing personality and greater external visibility.
Henry Waxman and Edward Markey and the broad range of legislators and organizations that supported ITVS's enabling legislation did so to foster politically "congenial" programming.
A broad range of shares posted gains on buying led by foreign investors, who picked up major companies in each sector, including laggard groups such as chemical and shipping, traders said.
Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that the government could place broad controls on Princeton/Newport's assets to preserve property that might have to be forfeited, should the partners be convicted on RICO charges.
Kidde makes a broad range of consumer, safety and industrial products, including appliances and fire-protection equipment.
The stock market suffered a broad setback today, faced with a rise in interest rates and economic uncertainties.
Few state mandatory-testing proposals have become law because most public health officials don't believe broad testing is cost-effective.
Mr. Chapman, 44 years old, has broad experience in international business at a time when Pratt & Whitney is fighting to recover from the loss of a major commercial engine order from Japan Air Lines.
Roh has introduced broad reforms since he took office in February.
"Market players bought a broad range of issues, including electric issues," he said.
Ted Price, senior vice president at Scotia-McLeod Inc., a lead manager of the issue, said the offering attracted some offshore interest as well as broad demand from Canadian institutions.
U.S. officials, for example, have been extremely wary about establishing broad contacts with Mr. Yeltsin.
The likeness lies with a presence not closely described but known and sensed, as it blinked and, shifted, alive in every broad sweep of the brush across the surface of the canvas.
Censorship rules imposed under the emergency ruled ban or restrict reporting about unrest, security force actions, treatment of detainees, most forms of peaceful protest and a broad range of statements the government considers subversive.
Playing this overeager parent, Steve Martin puts on a delightful show, expanding the part of an ordinary guy to the broad dimensions of his outsized talents as actor and comic.
"There are a few large speculators, but not the broad participation we had seen," said Mr. Sobotka.
On a monthly basis, the broad money figure - M2 (cash in circulation plus sight and demand deposits) and certificates of deposit - rose 0.2 per cent from October.
Establishes a phase-in of new regulations on toxic chemical releases with all chemicals to be covered within 10 years. Regulations to be pegged to broad categories of chemicals pegged to their source.