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Wide-ranging describes something that covers many different subjects, areas or kinds of people rather than staying on one. A wide-ranging discussion wanders across many topics; wide-ranging powers let someone act in many different situations; a wide-ranging survey asks many kinds of people. The key idea is breadth, not size and not depth — in fact it quietly suggests the opposite of depth, and a reader will often hear "it touched many things, none of them for long".
Wide-rangingWide-ranging describes something用來形容某個東西 that covers many different subjects, areas or kinds of people涵蓋很多不同的主題、領域，或各種各樣的人 rather than staying on one而不是只停在一個上面。A wide-ranging discussionA wide-ranging discussion(涉獵廣泛的討論) wanders across many topics會東拉西扯談到很多話題; wide-ranging powers廣泛的權力 let someone act in many different situations讓某人可以在很多不同的情況下行動; a wide-ranging survey一份wide-ranging的調查 asks many kinds of people會問各式各樣的人。The key idea關鍵的概念 is breadth是廣度, not size and not depth不是大小，也不是深度 — in fact事實上 it它 quietly suggests the opposite of depth還暗暗地帶有跟深度相反的意味, and a reader而讀者 will often hear常常會聽出 "it touched many things, none of them for long"「這碰了很多東西，但每一個都沒碰太久」的意思。
It belongs to careful, fairly formal writing: news reports, official reviews, reports of interviews and meetings. Journalists reach for it constantly to describe an interview that had no single subject.
It它(這個字) belongs to屬於 careful, fairly formal writing謹慎、相當正式的寫作: news reports, official reviews, reports of interviews and meetings新聞報導、官方檢討報告、採訪和會議紀錄。Journalists記者 reach for it constantly常常會用這個字 to describe an interview來形容一場採訪 that had no single subject沒有單一主題的。
It sits before a noun ("a wide-ranging review") and also after be ("the changes are wide-ranging"). It has no comparative form that sounds good — write "broader" rather than "more wide-ranging" if you can. Keep the when it comes before a noun.
It它(這個字) sits before a noun可以放在名詞前面 ("a wide-ranging review")（「a wide-ranging review」） and also after be也可以放在be動詞後面 ("the changes are wide-ranging")（「the changes are wide-ranging」）。It它(這個字) has no comparative form that sounds good沒有聽起來順的比較級 — write "broader"要寫「broader」 rather than "more wide-ranging"而不是「more wide-ranging」 if you can如果可以的話。Keep the hyphen保留連字號 when it comes before a noun當它放在名詞前面的時候。
組成wide + ranging, from the verb range meaning 'to move over an area'. Cattle range over a field; a talk that ranges wide moves over a lot of ground. The picture underneath is walking across open country, covering distance rather than digging down in one spot.
同家族的字
- rangethe second half is this verb — to move about over an area
- far-rangingbuilt the same way, with far instead of wide, and means much the same thing
- widespreadshares wide, but means found in many places, not covering many topics
原始詞典資料1 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。
wide-rangingadj
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Occurring over a wide range; appearing throughout a broad region, or extending over a diverse spectrum of possibilities.
- wide-ranging sanctions
- At least half of this traffic is coal from the Yorkshire pits, an increasing amount of which is running in block trains that bypass the yard on the main line; the remainder is wide-ranging in its diversity, from wool to wine and textiles to timber.
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。