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►                 WIDE 宽阔 1 wide 宽阔的；广阔的：a broad street/ avenue/river宽广;:的由道/林龠.道/河流◊ broad shoulders o He is tall, broad and muscular.

体宽，肌肉发达。a broad smi〖e/grin (.= one in which your mouth is stretched very wide because you are very pleased or amused)咧嘴矣 nm-3 narrow 2 used after a measurement of distance to show how wide sth is …宽用¥讀示距离的量度之后」：two metres broad anyone rtietre Aigft

►                 WIDE RANGE 广泛 3 including a .great variety of people or things涉及各种各样的人（或事物）的；广泛的：a broad range 〇/products 各种各样的产品◊ a broad spec­trum 〇/interests 广泛的 兴_ ◊ 77iere is broad support/or the government’s poh’cies.政府的政策得到了广泛的支诗。

0 She took a broad view of the duties of being a teacher (=she believed her duties included a wide range of things).她认为教师的职责范围很r〇  EEH narrow

►                 GENERAL 概括 4 [only before noun】 general; not detailed 概括的；一般的；不具体的：the broad ou出ne 〇/ a proposal!提案的纲要The negotiators were in broad agreement on the main issues•谈判代表们在主要问题 上的意见大致相同。◊ She’s a/emfnist, in fhe broadest sense o/t/ie word.广义而言，她算是个女权主义者。◊ In broad terms, the paper argues that each country shouM deveZop its own po丨icy•从大体上说，这份报纸i又 为各国应该建立自己的政策。

►                 LAND/WATER 陆地；水' 5 covering a wide area 开阔的； 辽阔的：a broad expanse 〇/water —片辽阔的水域"

►                 ACCENT 口音 6 if sb has a broad accent, you can hear very easily which area they come from 口音重的；乡音 浓品 Pm STRONG

►                 HINT 暗示 7 if sb gives a broad hint, they make it very clear what they are thinking or what they want 明 _

的；明显的

►                 HUMOUR 幽默 8 (/VAmE) dealing with sex in an amusing way粗俗滑稽的；以_欲作笑料的：77ie movie mixes broad humor with romance.那部电影把粗俗幽默和浪漫

故事结合在一起。

—see also breadth, broadly 〇> note at wide ITMI a broad church (6r£) an organization that accepts a wide range of opinions 广纳众议的机构（in) broad daylight (in) the clear light of day, when it is easy to see 光天化日.j(之下.）.： 77ie robbe/y occurred in broad dayiight, in a crowded street.抢劫就J生在光关说日之下 的一条熙熙攘攘的街道上...。.it’s as ,broad as it’s 'long [BrE, informal) it makes no real difference which of two possible choices you make 两种选择.都一样一more at paint v.

■ noun (old-fashioned, NAmE, slang) an offensive way of referring to a woman (对女人的粗俗称Pf )婆娘 broad-band /'broidbaend/ noun [U] 1 {technical 7ft i§) signals that use a wide range of frequencies 宽频 带.；宽波段一compare narrowband 2 a way of connecting a computer to the Internet, which allows you to receive information, including pictures, etc., very quickly ( 5故网的）宽畨连接：We have broadband at home now.義扪家里规在装了宽带。

,broad-'based (also .broadly-'based) adj. based on a wide variety of people, things or ideas; not limited ^ 广泛基础的；无限制的

,broad 'bean (6r£) (NAmE 'fava bean) noun a type of round, pale green bean. Several broad beans grow together inside a fat pod.蚕豆 .broad-'brush adj. [only before noun] dealing with a subject or problem in a general way rather than considering details粗线条的；不考i细节的：a broad-brush approach粗线条的处理方‘ bl*〇ad-Cast £H» /'bro:dka:st; NAmE-ksest/ verb, noun m verb (broad>cast, broad-cast) 1 to send out programmes on television or radio播送（电视或无线电节0 广 播：[VN] The concert wiZZ be broadcast hVe. (= at the same time as it takes place) tomorrow evening.音乐会 明晚将现场直播。◊ [V] They bega/r broadcasting in J922. 也们手 1922.播。2 [VN] to tell a lot of.people.about sth 散布，传_番（信息等.j : I don't like to broadcast the /act that my/ather owns the company•我不想宣，扬这家 公司为我父亲所有。