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narrow
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nar·row1 /ˈnærəʊ $ -roʊ/ ●●● S3 W2 adjectiveadj
1 not wide 不宽的NARROW measuring only a small distance from one side to the other, especially in relation to the length 狭窄的 OPP wide → broad
narrow street/road/path etc
→5 see picture at 见图 thin12 narrow escape ESCAPEa situation in which you only just avoid danger, difficulties, or trouble 死里逃生，险些遇险
Examples from the Corpus
narrow escape• But he has also seen the loss of life and the narrow escapes.• He was probably even now thanking his lucky stars for a narrow escape.• The driver launches forward for a narrow escape.• They have no time for self-congratulation on their narrow escape.• It had been a narrow escape and I was impressed.• His narrow escape at Petit-Clamart finally convinced the General that it was time to take action to meet both dangers at once.• The hours of liberty are long, full of wonder and narrow escapes, precautions, hidden devices and daring.• He is a veteran of numerous firefights and narrow escapes who has shown notable serenity throughout the siege.
3 narrow victory/defeat/majority/margin etc JUST/ALMOST NOTa victory etc that is only just achieved or happens by only a small amount 险胜/惜败/微弱多数/微小的差距等 → slim
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The expression a narrow victory/defeat is used mostly in writing. In everyday British English, people often say that someone only just won/lost or, in everyday American English, barely won/lost. a narrow victory/defeat的说法主要用于书面。在日常英国英语中，人们经常说某人only just won/lost ，在日常美国英语中，人们经常说 barely won/lost 。
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narrow victory/defeat/majority/margin etc• John F.. Kennedy that helped propel the handsome young Massachusetts Democrat to a narrow victory.• On election night, however, the team squeaked out a narrow victory.• Surprise! the seventh firm won the tender by a narrow margin.• Adjust the starting point so that you avoid a very narrow margin at the perimeter.• While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.• Their relatively late arrival in the quarter coupled with their costs and the narrow margins on the surprise Model 20 impacted earnings.• Crowds gathered in central Lima last Sunday night to cheer his narrow victory over former president Alan Garcia.• Was Buzz Calkins' narrow victory over Tony Stewart enough to keep them interested?
4 ideas/attitudes 观点/态度PREJUDICED a narrow attitude or way of looking at a situation is too limited and does not consider enough possibilities 狭隘的，偏狭的 OPP broad → narrow-minded
5 narrow sense/definition a meaning of a word that is exact or limited 准确的意思/定义，狭义 OPP broad
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narrow sense/definition• In terms of its narrow definition in the Maastricht Treaty, convergence has been surprisingly successful.• There are important parts of these processes to which this narrow sense is relevant.• In the narrow sense, it failed to achieve its specific aims.• This is the narrowest definition of money.• Mr Alger, using perhaps a narrower definition of technology, put the peak exposure at 55 % of assets.• In the narrow sense, the battle here is over zoning.• In a quite narrow sense they are right.• While in a certain narrow sense this is the case, in many important ways just the opposite is true.
—narrowness noun [uncountableU]
→ narrowly, narrows, → the straight and narrow at straight3(2)Examples from the Corpus
narrow• Nordic skis are longer, narrower and lighter than Alpine skis.• Their interpretation of Christianity is narrow and limiting.• Columns that are too narrow are unattractive and difficult to read.• We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half.• a narrow black tie• a narrow examination of events• The road was too narrow for me to overtake the car in front.• She climbed through a narrow gap in the fence.• Plants cultivated in half-shade have very narrow leaves and resemble some species of Aponogeton.• He stood now flush against the side of the bluff on a narrow ledge, his hands over his face.• Adjust the starting point so that you avoid a very narrow margin at the perimeter.• The Dow, the most closely followed index, though a much narrower one, started the decade at 2,753.• A steep, narrow path led down through the woods to the beach.• I see narrow roads contoured into the sides of steep slopes.• The landed nobility provided tsarism with a perilously narrow social base.• There was a narrow stone path, Alexei now saw, around the base of the promontory beyond the buttress.• the narrow streets of Italian cities
narrow street/road/path etc• But at the height of the season, visitors virtually swamp the village, causing major parking problems in the narrow streets.• We stopped on one side of the narrow road.• Street selling has always centered in the downtown historic district, a maze of narrow streets and crumbling colonial buildings.• Canal tours, blue-and-white china, narrow streets - if it were not also a university town it would be merely beautiful.• The narrow streets swarmed with young people.• Soon, as the large Mercedes climbed narrow roads, the magic of the landscape erased all else from Katherine's mind.• They went back to their house through the narrow streets, using a complicated route in case anyone was following them.• And now those precarious narrow roads were hard to find.
narrow view• And the problem is compounded because managers Jan find both the books and the consultants to reinforce their narrow view.• She mocks the snobbish, hypocritical and materialistic views of many people and their narrow views.• These animals can see objects and judge distances very well, but they have a narrow view.• The narrow view is that of our individual human mind.• In recent years, a few courts have articulated a narrower view of academic freedom.• Unfortunately, Bellesiles takes a narrow view of the subject, asking primarily about the extent of ownership and familiarity with firearms.• However, most mathematicians would see this as a very narrow view of their subject.• In general, the classical perspective contained a peculiarly narrow view of what it actually is that controls human behaviour.
narrow2 ●○○ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
2 REDUCEif a range, difference etc narrows, or if something narrows it, it becomes less (使)〔范围、差距等〕缩小 OPP widen
3 narrow something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v to reduce the number of things included in a range 缩小…的范围
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narrow down• One side of the garden at Barnsdale has a narrow border running down its length.• But Fugelso narrows the percentages down: six percent of women and 10 percent of men suffer from the affliction.• A long narrow corridor ran down the middle of the building with doors leading off it.• Now you've narrowed the choice down to more manageable proportions, it's time for the specialist retailer and test fitting.• I have narrowed it down to one of two employees, both of whom work in the kitchen.• What you must do is carry out as much investigation as is reasonably possible to narrow it down to one suspect.• The town itself has a pedestrian centre with quaint narrow streets leading down to the lake front.• By lunchtime he had narrowed his search down to three out of the dozens of girls missing in the London area.
narrow to• Now you've narrowed the choice down to more manageable proportions, it's time for the specialist retailer and test fitting.• I have narrowed it down to one of two employees, both of whom work in the kitchen.• What you must do is carry out as much investigation as is reasonably possible to narrow it down to one suspect.• An experienced headhunter could narrow the field down to short-list stage much more quickly and cost-effectively, Tagg argued.• The town itself has a pedestrian centre with quaint narrow streets leading down to the lake front.• By lunchtime he had narrowed his search down to three out of the dozens of girls missing in the London area.
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narrow• Issues which are not in dispute should be eliminated and the scope of the disagreement narrowed.• The gap between the two candidates has narrowed, and they're starting to panic.• William's eyes narrowed as he looked toward the west.• Levin and his editors then narrow down the list to 50 people.• In the past month, the unions have narrowed most of their election-year efforts to 28 House races.• We now need to narrow our focus and concentrate upon the concept of power itself.• Parr's thin, keen face had narrowed, strangely.• Lawyers said courts in recent years have generally narrowed the copyright protections for software, but the rulings are not uniform.• But you can narrow the odds of a nasty accident happening in your home by being more safety-conscious.• Contractors will narrow the road to two lanes.
narrowed ... eyes• He stood still a moment and stared at Sir John through narrowed eyes.• Max looked at her through narrowed eyes.• He narrowed his eyes and took off the spectacles, praying breathlessly.• She narrowed her eyes at Guido.• There was a hint of mania at the corners of Defries's narrowed eyes, at the edges of her pursed mouth.• Quiss narrowed his eyes at the pupil which seemed to be looking at him. indeed out of the corner of its eye.
From Longman Business Dictionary
narrownar·row1 /ˈnærəʊ-roʊ/ adjectiveadj
1small in amount
The polls give Mr. Edwards a narrow lead.
Analysts had expected a narrow decline in pretax earnings.
The Senate rejected the bid by a narrow margin (=it was almost accepted).
2including only a small number of parts or things
firms that make a narrow range of goods
the country’s weak and narrow economic base
3in a narrow rangeFINANCE if shares, currencies etc trade in a narrow range, their price does not go up or down very much
The dollar had been trading in a narrow range against the yen.
4FINANCE a narrow market is one in which the buying or selling of shares has a great effect on their price, for example because there are only a small number of them available
Cobalt is traded in a narrow market which means speculators can drive prices up or down rapidly.
narrownarrow2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
(also narrow down) to become less or to make something less in range, difference etc
Growing competition for contracts will narrow profit margins.
The gap between the two companies is clearly narrowing.
The choice was quickly narrowed down to Luxembourg or Dublin.
—narrowing noun [singular]
There has been a narrowing of differences between the parties.
—narrowing adjectiveadj
the narrowing price gap between domestic and imported vehicles
Old English nearu
nar·row1 adjectiveadj →REGISTER1narrow2 verb
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narrow adj.
⇨ narrow (narrow streets) ⇨ close (a narrow escape) ⇨ limited 1 (a narrow range) narrow verb
⇨ shrink narrow narrow ♦︎ thin ♦︎ fine These words all describe sth which measures a short distance from one side to the other. 这些词均表示狭窄的、窄小的。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ a narrow / thin / fine crack / strip ◆ narrow / thin shoulders ◆ (a) thin / fine hair / thread / layer ◆ very / extremely narrow / thin / fine◆ quite narrow / thin■ narrow measuring a short distance from one side to the other, especially in relation to its length 狭窄的；窄小的 ◆ I love walking down the narrow streets in the old city.我喜欢在老城狭窄的街道上散步。 ◆ I sat next to him on the narrow bed.我紧挨着他坐在狭窄的床上。 ◆ The jacket looked very large across his narrow shoulders.这件夹克衫穿在他窄小的肩头显得很大。 ◆ There was only a narrow gap between the bed and the wall.床和墙之间只有一条窄缝。 OPP wide , broad ⇨ wide 2 narrow ⇨ shrink verb ■ thin having a smaller distance between opposite sides or surfaces than other similar objects or than normal 薄的；细的 ◆ Cut the vegetables into thin strips.把蔬菜切成细丝。 ◆ A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall.墙上出现了一些细裂缝。 ◆ The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil.尸体被埋藏在薄薄的一层土下面。 ◆ The wind blew cold through his thin shirt.风吹透他薄薄的衬衫，冷飕飕的。 OPP thick ⇨ wide 2 NOTE 辨析 Narrow describes sth that is a short distance from side to side. Thin describes sth that has a short distance through it from one side to the other. * narrow表示窄，thin表示细、薄 ◆ narrow / thin shoulders / strips / cracks窄窄的／细细的肩膀；细条；细裂缝 ◆ thin streets ◆ a thin bed/gap ◆ a narrow layer/shirt ■ fine very thin 纤细的；很细的 ◆ His fine blond hair came down almost to his shoulders.他纤细的金发几乎垂至肩部。 ◆ You could see the sweat in the fine hairs above his upper lip.可以看见他上唇上方纤细绒毛里的汗滴。 ◆ Acupuncture uses fine needles inserted into the patient's skin.针刺疗法用细针扎进病人的皮肤里。 ◆ I need a brush with a fine tip.我需要一支笔尖纤细的画笔。
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narrow
Words used to describe width: across, attenuated, broad...
Limited and limiting: limited, restricted, restrictive...
Words used to describe someone who is stubborn and narrow-minded: stubborn, narrow, intolerant...
Exact and accurate: exact, accurate, perfect...
Difficult to do and involving a lot of effort: difficult, hard, tough...
To change the width of something: widen, stretch, open out...
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