見識與範圍的變寬
把「邊界往外移」用在看不見的東西上：知道的更多、做的事更多樣、影響的人更廣——寬度變成了範圍。
widen knowledge · verb · B2
To make your knowledge, experience, or range of activities wider.
拓寬；開闊
核心畫面
Picture a road that gets wider as it goes — the edges move apart and more can fit side by side. That is the word. English then applies it to things with no physical width at all: a mind that takes in more, an appeal that reaches more people. Note it works both ways: you can broaden something, or it can broaden by itself.
可以想成：一條路愈往前愈寬——兩邊的邊界往外移，能並排容納的東西變多了。這個「變寬」就是這個字。英文接著把它用在根本…更多收起
可以想成：一條路愈往前愈寬——兩邊的邊界往外移，能並排容納的東西變多了。這個「變寬」就是這個字。英文接著把它用在根本沒有寬度的東西上：一個裝得下更多的心智、一個能打動更多人的訴求。要注意它兩邊都能用：可以是你把它加寬（及物），也可以是它自己變寬（不及物）。From the picture
Also in this word
become wider · verb · B1
To become wider, or to make something wider.
變寬；加寬
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Broadenname
- 1
A surname from Old English.
broadenverb[ˈbɹɔː.dn̩]
- 1
To make broad or broader.
- broaden one’s knowledge
- broaden the canal
- 2
To become broad or broader.
- The roads gradually broadened as we drove into the countryside.
- Her knowledge broadened after spending a year in South America.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。