"widening" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 拓寬
• 擴大

Definition

使某物變寬或變得更寬的過程或行動。既可以指實體物品（如道路的拓寬），也可以指差異或鴻溝的擴大（如貧富差距的擴大）。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常在正式場合或新聞語境中使用，既可描述實體拓寬，也可指比喻擴大（如差距）。通常與“鴻溝”、“道路”等詞連用，意指明顯的變寬。

Examples

The widening of the street made traffic move more easily.

街道的**拓寬**讓交通變得更加順暢。

There is a widening gap between rich and poor in some countries.

在某些國家，貧富之間的差距正在**擴大**。

Engineers are planning the widening of the main bridge.

工程師們正在規劃主橋的**拓寬**。

The widening rift in their friendship was clear to everyone.

大家都看得出他們友誼的**裂痕在加深**。

Politicians worry about the widening divisions in society.

政客們擔心社會中**分歧的擴大**。

Climate change is causing a widening range of extreme weather events.

氣候變遷導致**極端天氣事件範圍的擴大**。