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.