As he ran toward me, his face broke into a wide grin.
他笑逐顔開地向我跑來。
b)WIDEmeasuring a particular distance from one side to the other…寬的
How wide is the door?
門多寬?
The boat was nearly as wide as the canal.
那船差不多和水道一樣寬。
five metres/two miles etc wide
The river is more than fifty yards wide.
這條河寬五十多碼。
2variety 多樣 [usually before noun]VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDS including or involving a large variety of different people, things, or situations 〔包括或涉及的人、物或情況〕廣泛的;範圍大的;廣闊的
a man with a wide experience of foreign affairs
外交事務經驗豐富的人
Our aim is to bring classical music to a wider audience.
我們的目的是把古典音樂帶給更多的聽衆。
a wide range/variety/choice etc (of something)
This year’s festival includes a wide range of entertainers.
今年的藝術節有各類藝人參加。
holidays to a wide choice of destinations
有多處目的地可供選擇的度假
3in many places 在許多地方 [usually before noun]EVERYONEEVERYWHERE happening among many people or in many places 衆多的;廣泛的;範圍大的
The radio and newspapers gave the trial wide coverage.
廣播和報紙廣泛報道了這場庭審。
4a wide variation/difference/gap etcBIGa large and noticeable difference 巨大的差異/差别/差距等
the ever-wider gap between the richest and poorest countries
最富國與最窮國之間日益加大的差距
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a wide variation/difference/gap etc• Within the general waste type shown in these figures exists a wide variation.• Waiting time by specialty is meaningless as it concealsa wide variation among consultants' clinics.• There is a wide difference between promise and performance.• The second column also shows that there is a wide variation between regions in the proportion of exports to foreigndebt.• Solidsexhibita wide variation in rigidity.• Just as there may be a wide variation in the inputs, so may the outputsvary.• But there is, indeed, still a wide gap in the use of flexibility.• But when the national polls are a wide gap, the country is pretty likely to follow.
5the wider context/issues/picture etcDETAILthe more generalfeatures of a situation, rather than the specificdetails 更加廣泛的背景/問題/情況等
We hope that by the end of the course students will be able to see their subject in a wider context.
6eyes 眼睛 literaryOPENwide eyes are fully open, especially when someone is very surprised, excited, or frightened 〔眼睛〕睜大的〔尤指某人非常吃驚、興奮或恐懼時〕
Her eyes grew wide in anticipation.
她滿懷期待地睜大了眼睛。
7.give somebody/something a wide berthAVOIDto avoid someone or something 與某人/某物保持距離
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give somebody/something a wide berth• A maraboustork was poking about nearby in a pile of rubbish, and I gave it a wide berth.• Passers-by gave her a wide berth.• People shuffle past, giving us a wide berth.• Sandie gives her a wide berth.• She saw him coming and intended to give him a wide berth.• Ssamois with polenta the centrepiece of the Menu Gastronomico Valdostano, so I gave that a wide berth.• The chil-dren sensed his tension and gave him a wide berth.• Sandie's been giving her a wide berth since the argument.• Besides, in most vacation areas the locals learn to give a wide berth to tourists in their rented land yachts.
8not hit STH 未擊中某物 not hitting something you were aiming at 未擊中目標的,偏離目標的
wide of
His shot was just wide of the goal.
他的射門踢飛了。
9the (big) wide worldespecially spokenOUT/OUTSIDE places outside the small familiar place where you live 〔在熟識的小天地以外的〕廣闊世界,外面的世界
Soon you’ll leave school and go out into the big wide world.
很快你就要離開學校,踏入廣闊的世界。
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the (big) wide world• He knows little about economics or the wider world.• We could certainly be a strongerpresence in the wider world.• Wealth and power go hand in hand, at home too, as well as in the big wide world.• Hardly anybody in the big wide world has heard of us, letalone been influenced by our lives.• In other words we want to help localenthusiasts to keep in touch with what is happening in the wider world of railways.• Many children of leadingministers took advantage of the wider world their fathers' success had opened for them.• Filipe is not alone in the wider world, where 13m children are displaced within their own countries.
10nationwide/city-wide etcEVERYWHEREaffecting all the people in a nation, city etc 全國的/全市的等
wide smile/grin• He put the receiver back and created, forcing his lips to perform, a wide smile.• She has a flat, round face with eyes close together and a wide smile.• He breaks into a wide smile, and a driedbogiesnowflakes from his nose down to the ground.• The guylaughed, wide smiledotted with goldteeth.• He paused to speak to the surprised group and their wide smiles of acknowledgement started the day off well.• Paul looked surprised to receive a wide smile of welcome from Stephen when he entered the office.• Mandru was staring right at him, a wide smilestretching his face into ropes of muscle.• Then she smiled the wide smile which lifted her ears toward her hair.
1wide open/awake/apartcompletely open, awake, or apart 大開着的/完全醒着的/分得很開的
Someone left the back door wide open.
有人把後門大開着。
At 2 a.m. I was still wide awake.
淩晨兩點我仍然毫無睡意。
Sandy stood with his back to the fire, legs wide apart.
桑迪背對火站着,兩腿叉得很開。
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wide open/awake/apart• He sat with his legswide apart.• Turning the corner into Polly's road, Jacknoticed suddenly that the door to her house was wide open.• It was 3 a.m., but I was wide awake.• But from what I gathered at the artsfair, the field is prettywide open.• These are still very early days and the options are wide open.• My big worry is that the Monster will come wide awake and ruin things with its grossdemands.• After an hour, though still wide awake, I crimped the page and turned off the light.• The main door stood wide open making a through draught.• They were certainly the first means of crossing wide openspaces that are still vast and untamed, even today.• The door was wide open when we got here.• The doors of the Conch cafe were wide open with no sign of Huong or Anna; they had probably evacuated.
2OPENopening or spreading as much as possible 充分張開地
open/spread (something) wide
Spiro spread his arms wide in a welcoming gesture.
斯皮羅張開雙臂,做出歡迎的姿勢。
Leonora’s eyes opened wide in horror.
莉奧諾拉驚恐地睜大雙眼。
The windows had been opened wide and she could feel a slight breeze.
Most experts agree that the election is wide open at this point.
大多數專家都認爲現階段選舉結果尚難預料。
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wide open• After the stalefug in the tinycabin, she gulped down the cleansea air, the car windowwide open.• The snap showed Jennifer with eyes closed and mouthwide open.• Their eyes are wide open as they pass the object round.• Leave the window wide open in winter; turn off the airconditioning in summer.• When I came into the hall, his eyes were wide open, staringstraight at me.• His eyes seemed darkerblue and more wide open than usual.• Some of the villafront doors were wide open to him.
4EXACTnot hitting something you were aiming at, and missing it by a large distance 遠未擊中目標,大大偏離目標
His throw to first base went wide.
他投向一壘的球偏出很遠。
5wide of the mark
a)not correct about something, by a large amount 很不準確,離譜
The opinion polls were hopelessly wide of the mark.
民意調查的結果與實際情況相去甚遠。
b)not hitting something you were aiming at, and missing it by a large distance 遠沒有擊中目標,大大偏離目標
One of the bombs fell wide of the mark.
其中一顆炸彈落在離目標很遠的地方。
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wide of the mark• Another is that the view of October as the product of a truly mass-revolutionary movement is not so wide of the mark.• Few forecasts have been so wide of the mark.• In answer to this, there are cases in which the notion of force feeding is very wide of the mark.• Jean Powers was not so wide of the mark.• The report offers no explanation for our figures being wide of the mark.• Housing committeechairmanBill Dixon said Coun Richmond was wide of the mark and each property would only cost £30,000.• No, Watson, that is well wide of the mark even for you.
wide• Wilton hit the ball high and wide.• The driverswungwide around my car and paused, apparently activating an automaticgarage door.• Miles and Evan are so wideawake, it is exhausting.• Sisson hooked the kickwide left.• Gabriel had the window wide open and was standing there looking down at him.• The championshiprace is wide open.• The night being unseasonably warm, most of the windows were wide open.• From a tappenalty the forwards drove in short bursts, and then took the ball wide to Joe Roff.
open/spread (something) wide• One that also produces pollen can generate plants that spread far and wide.• The powers of the courts in such cases spread very wide.• Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor.• He opened his eyes wide and showed his teeth.• She opened her legs wider, feeling her juices trickling out on to his fingers.• The babyrobins, scrubjays, finches, sparrows and starlingsopened their mouths wide in anticipation.• The non-profit group is devoted to teaching the style, opening their doors wide to all comers.
went wide• But the points just evaporated as the conversion and other penalty chanceswent wide.• He tried the volley again, but didn't hit it straight and the shotwent wide.• Tobermore's best chance came five minutes later when Reid sent to Pattison, but he fumbled and his effortwent wide.• His throw to first went wide for an error.• If they possibly could, they avoidedcontact; their shotswent wide - high I think they already would have been.• The next few shots were all cleanly hit but went wide, high or straight at Jamir.• But it also went wider than that.