In the past, there was often an automatic reaction to increased traffic: just widen the roads, says Mark Poch, the Bellevue Transportation Department's traffic engineering manager.(贝尔维尤运输部交通工程经理马克·波奇说,过去,人们对交通量的增加往往有一种自动的反应:只要拓宽道路就行了。)
The gaps between strong and weak institutions will widen further.(体质健全的和虚弱的机构,两者间的差距降会进一步地被拉大。)
We plan to widen the scope of our existing activities by offering more language courses.(我们计划通过开设更多的语言课程扩大我们现有的活动范围。)
A larger lens (say 350mm) will flatten and widen the face of the subject.(较大的镜头(例如350毫米)会让拍照对象的脸又扁又宽。)
This has created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has "continued to reproduce and widen".(这在招募第一代学生中造成了“悖论”,但是随后看到他们中的许多人失败了,这意味着高等教育“正在继续繁殖和扩大”。)
I ask and their eyes widen.(我问,他们眼睛睁的大大的。)
They decided to widen out the river to avoid the flooding.(他们决定加宽河流以防洪水泛滥。)
Some economists predict the surplus could start to widen again this year.(一些经济学家预测,今年中国贸易顺差可能再度扩大。)
Even the rigorous Finns and Dutch have seen bond spreads widen.(即使缜密的芬兰人和荷兰人也会见证其债券息差扩大。)
They may have to widen the road to cope with the increase in traffic.(他们可能得拓宽这条道路以适应车辆的增多。)