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 widen ['waidn]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 弄宽, 加宽, 扩大

vi. 变宽, 扩大




    widen


    Widen \Wid"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Widening}.]
    To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the
    width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a
    stocking.


    Widen \Wid"en\, v. i.
    To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.

    Arches widen, and long aisles extend. --Pope.

    1. It will widen access to justice.
    2. And analysts predict that the current troubles will speed up deregulation and a shakeout and will widen disparities in the Japanese banks' size and profitability.
    3. As the European Community gradually loosens rules restricting aviation, British Airways hopes to widen its lead over European rivals, who are smaller, often less efficient and mostly still under the thumb of government owners.
    4. That admission is bound to fuel criticism from Democrats who say cutting capital gains taxes would widen the deficit in the long run.
    5. The committee agreed to make permanent and widen a soon-to-expire exception once pushed by the wine-making Gallo brothers of California but that would help any multimillionaire with grandchildren.
    6. The information super-highway could be used to widen the gap between rich and poor, between the affluent urban areas and remote village communities.
    7. He is latest of 35 businessmen and politicians who magistrates say will go to trial. Magistrates widen investigations to include reorganisation of chemicals industry in 1990.
    8. Dukakis is looking for a fourth straight big-state win here over his surviving competitor _ Jesse Jackson _ to tighten his grip on the front-runner's crown and widen his margin in the delegate count.
    9. It also could prompt some countries to widen their taps to take advantage of the firm market.
    10. The government aimed to widen access to grants and put more resources into getting disabled people into jobs, it said.
    11. Because of this and the huge trade gap, the deficit in China's current account, which measures trade in goods and services plus certain unilateral transfers of funds, is expected to widen sharply from the $3.8 billion deficit last year.
    12. Paris is concerned that Norway's current trade surplus with France would widen because of gas deliveries from the Sleipner and Troll fields.
    13. Analysts said Ford's fourth-quarter profit was helped by a lower tax rate and by cost improvements that allowed the company to widen its profit per vehicle.
    14. Frank B. Hall & Co.'s losses continued to widen in the second quarter and its largest holder, Reliance Group Holdings Inc., pledged a $50 million infusion for working capital.
    15. President Bush, saying "the voice of freedom will not be stilled," told broadcasters Monday that the government's TV Marti will keep transmitting into Cuba despite concerns that Fidel Castro may widen his jamming of U.S. radio stations.
    16. Some economists predicted the August merchandise trade deficit that is to be reported this morning will widen substantially.
    17. The sport's governing body, the FIA, had threatened to cancel the event because Italian authorities refused to cut down about 100 ancient trees to widen a run-off area and meet new safety specifications.
    18. The US deficit is forecast to widen, but this largely reflects the one-off nature of the Gulf war burden-sharing contributions in 1991.
    19. The gap between rich and poor would widen, according to Mr. Millan, and therefore more money would have to be spent in poorer areas.
    20. The gap is likely to widen in the second half, and for the year as a whole the group is likely to report a German profit of DM1bn and a US loss of DM2bn. Explaining the two versions of the figures goes beyond consideration of abstruse accounting rules.
    21. The government intends to widen it to cover all types of money laundering. It is also revising its investment fund law, with the hope of stimulating this so far undeveloped sector.
    22. The shortage has pinched makers of computers hardest, leading to speculation that Micron may be planning to announce that a customer has agreed to widen its relationship to include some form of investment, in return for a long-term chip-supply contract.
    23. Analysts predicted the deficit would widen to around $8.8 billion from $7.9 billion in September.
    24. It predicted the gap would widen in 1987 to $3.8 billion.
    25. Most analysts predict the trade deficit for January will widen to $12.8 billion from $12.2 billion in December, mainly due to seasonal factors.
    26. One of the two reforms that Beijing most strenuously objects to is the proposal to widen the franchise of the 'functional constituencies', which are to elect half the members of Hong Kong's next Legislative Council (LegCo).
    27. Such a move would widen the gap between U.S. interest rates and the lower West German rates and thus increase the appeal of dollar-denominated investments.
    28. Susan MacKnight, an economist with the Washington-based and Tokyo-financed Japan Economic Institute, expects the U.S. deficit with Japan to actually widen somewhat this year from 1986's $51.4 billion.
    29. Higher interest rates will slow down the western economies, causing budget deficits to widen again.
    30. Meanwhile, yields of mortgage securities above yields of Treasurys continued to widen this session.
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