2yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between something)a very large difference between two groups, things, or people(两者之间的)巨大差距
the yawning gap between the two parties
两个党派之间的鸿沟
the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor
巨大的贫富差距
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yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between something)• In publishing the Hepplewhite Guide the Taylors were filling a yawning gap.• There was nothing there but a terrible, yawning gap.• There is and always has been a yawning gap at the budget end of the amplifier market.• The yawning gap between the two was deeply worrying.• To a yawning gap in how I see the world and how the world sees me.• Passion 57% A yawning chasm opens up after these four attributes.• There are yawning gulfsstretching down into the abyss which have often swallowed up cities that have fallen into them.• A yawning gap was forecast between anticipatedsocialexpenditures and resources.
3OPEN literary to be or become wide open, especially in a frightening way 张得很开;〔尤指令人恐惧地〕豁开
The pit yawned open in front of them.
那深坑张着大口呈现在他们面前。
yawning gap/hole etc
the yawning gap between the two cliffs
两座悬崖之间的巨大豁口
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yawn• The babyyawned again, and the processcontinued until they both fell asleep.• Fred stood up, yawned and stretched.• Adam yawned as he began to study the words once more.• Had he ever made it back, people would have still yawned at him.• Prior to this lies the yawning stretch of epochs known as the Precambrian.
stifled a yawn• It was followed by a stifled yawn.• After feeding in the access code he sat back and stifled a yawn.• He stifled a yawn then stood up and went into the kitchen.• Then they played cards until stifled yawns and missedtricks told them that tiredness was now king.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + YAWN | YAWN + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, deep, huge大哈欠;深深的哈欠▸➤loud, noisy大聲的哈欠▸➤stifled忍住的哈欠➤collective (figurative) 集體不感興趣◇The speech was greeted with a collective yawn from the press gallery.記者席上的人對這次演講全都不感興趣。VERB + YAWN➤fight back, hold back, stifle, suppress忍住/控制/強忍/抑制哈欠◇He struggled to stifle a yawn.他努力忍住哈欠。➤give, let out打哈欠◇The little boy gave a huge yawn.小男孩打了一個大哈欠。➤conceal遮掩哈欠◇He tried to conceal his yawn behind his hand.他試圖用手捂住嘴打哈欠。YAWN + VERB➤escape哈欠沒忍住◇A loud yawn escaped my lips.我沒能忍住打了一個大哈欠。PREPOSITION➤with a yawn打着哈欠yawn
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ADVERB | VERB + YAWN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤hugely, widely哈欠打得極大;張大嘴打哈欠◇He sat up and yawned hugely.他坐起來,打了一個大哈欠。➤loudly大聲打哈欠VERB + YAWN➤make sb使某人打哈欠▸➤hear sb聽見某人打哈欠PREPOSITION➤at朝⋯打哈欠◇He got fed up with people yawning at him when he talked about his job.他煩透了那些聽到他談論起自己的工作就朝他打哈欠的人。PHRASES➤can't stop yawning忍不住打哈欠◇I was so tired I couldn't stop yawning.我太累了,忍不住打起了哈欠。