widely

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wide·ly /ˈwaɪdli/ W2 adverbadv

1 EVERYWHEREin a lot of different places or by a lot of people 广泛地；普遍地

Organic food is now widely available.

现在有机食品很多地方都可买到。

an author who had travelled widely in the Far East

曾游历东亚各地的一位作家

a widely used method

广泛使用的方法

These laws were widely regarded as too strict.

人们普遍认为这些法令太苛刻。

This view was not widely held.

这种观点并不普遍。

2 DIFFERENTto a large degree – used when talking about differences 〔差异〕很大地

The quality of the applicants varies widely.

申请人的素质差异很大。

3 widely read

a) POPULARread by a lot of people 读者众多的

a widely read magazine

一本读者众多的杂志

b) READhaving read many different books 博览群书的

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widely read• The older works listed first are still widely read and most are generally available in both hardcover and paperback.• Local newspapers are widely read and relatively cheap to advertise in.• But he was one of the most well-informed, widely read and serious political figures in public life.• For all its note of fantasy, however, the article was widely read and well timed.• But even though his book was intended for contemplatives, it was also widely read by lay men and women.• Herbert is widely read, where Collins is seldom even heard of.• Newspapers with a significant political reporting are not widely read, whereas television news programs are often among the most-watched programs.

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widely• In the post-Bains era corporate structures have been widely adopted.• Copies of the report have been made widely available.• For such widely based indices, it is often not possible to short sell the index.• At one time it was widely believed that the sun revolved around the Earth.• A hundred years ago it was widely believed that there was life on Mars.• Actually, estimates for the ratio of public spending to National Income vary widely, depending on the definitions used for each item.• One of these is that there will inevitably be widely different reading speeds.• And the wind loads can vary widely from one part of the building to another.• Silicon Valley is widely known as California's high-tech center.• Asbestos was once widely used in the building industry.• The Fed chairman is widely viewed as an anti-inflation hawk.

varies widely• The quality of students' work-site experiences varies widely.• But what schools teach in a certain subject or at a particular grade level still varies widely among states and counties.• The thickness of the crust, for example, varies widely between continents and oceans.• The percentage varies widely from stadium to stadium, arena to arena, depending on what criteria is used by tax boards.• The content of these claims varies widely from the almost self-evident to the unexpected.• Yet the degree to which this goal is important to people varies widely within societies and among different cultures.

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