narrow

['nærəu]

adj.有限的, 狭窄的, 精密的, 度量小的
n.海峡, 隘路, 狭窄部份
v.变窄

a.

1. 狭的, 狭窄的

The street is too narrow for a truck.

这条街太窄, 卡车无法行驶。

2. 范围狭小的

He has only a narrow circle of friends.

他交游不广。

3. 心胸狭窄的

She has a narrow mind.

她心胸狭隘。

4. 勉强的

Tom passed the examination by a narrow margin.

汤姆考试勉强及格。

5. 精细的, 严密的

vt.

1. 使变窄

2. 限制; 缩小(范围等)[(+down)]

The scholar narrowed his interest to Tang poetry.

这位学者的兴趣局限于唐诗。

vi.

变窄; 收缩; 减少

The river narrows at this point.

河面到了这儿变得很狭窄。

n.

1. 狭谷, 窄道

2. 海峡[P]

词形变化

形容词: narrowish | 副词: narrowly | 形容词比较级: narrower | 形容词最高级: narrowest | 名词: narrowness | 动词过去式: narrowed | 动词过去分词: narrowed | 动词现在分词: narrowing | 动词第三人称单数: narrows |

词义辨析

同义:

a.狭窄的; 被限制的

slender  close  tight  restricted  cramped  confined  limited  

同义参见:

alley  lessen  thin  contracted  shorten  taper  qualify  provincial  localize  lean  

反义:

a.狭窄的; 勉强的

broad  wide  

反义参见:

large  vast  enlarge  

英英释义

名词 narrow:

a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

动词 narrow:

make or become more narrow or restricted

同义词：contract

define clearly

同义词：pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, specify

become more special

同义词：specialize, specialise, narrow down

become tight or as if tight

同义词：constrict, constringe

形容词 narrow:

not wide

limited in size or scope

lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

同义词：narrow-minded

very limited in degree

characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

同义词：minute

短语词组

narrow down

1. 变狭窄

The river has narrowed down over the past 20 years.

这条河在过去的二十年变窄了许多。

2. 减少; 缩小

Their demands had narrowed down to only two points.

他们的要求已减少到只有两点。

补充

narrownarrow英:[ˈnærəu] 美:[ˈnæro]adj.1.狭窄的; 狭隘的The decision was taken for narrow economic reasons, without considering its social effects.这一决定是从狭隘的经济观点做出的, 并没有考虑社会效应。Be careful when you back into the garage, the doorway is very narrow.你倒车入库时要小心, 门道很窄。The bridge is too narrow for two cars to pass.这桥太窄, 并排通不过两辆车。2.勉强的; 险胜的He was elected chairman by a narrow margin.他以微弱多数当选为主席。She won the champion by a narrow margin.她以微弱优势赢得冠军。vt. & vi.1.(使)变窄The river narrows at this point.河在这里变窄了。The road narrows here.路在这儿变窄了。The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。In the bright sunlight she had to narrow her eyes.在强烈阳光下她必须眯着双眼。The doctor narrows his study.医生缩小了他的研究范围。Living in the convent narrowed her views.修道院生活使她的视野变窄。The benefit was narrowed.利益变得越来越少了。

例句

1. It's quite a narrow road.这条路很窄。 2. She had long, narrow feet.她双脚瘦长。 3. I think you are taking too narrow a view.我觉得你的观点太狭隘了。 4. It was a narrow victory, by only five votes.赢得很险, 就多了5票。 5. Two police officers had a narrow escape when rioters attacked their vehicle.两名警察在暴乱分子袭击警车时死里逃生。 6. We have moved much closer, narrowed our differences.我们越走越近, 彼此之间的分歧已经缩小。 7. Kitty narrowed her eyes and glared at Karen.姬蒂眯着眼睛, 怒视卡伦。 8. The river narrowed and curved sharply to the left.河道变窄, 随之向左拐了个急弯。 9. The gap between the rich and the poor is narrowing.贫富差距正在缩小。 10. His eyes narrowed and he pointed at the doorway.他眯起眼睛, 指着门口。 11. Do you know why the river narrows here?你知道为什么河道在这儿会变窄吗? 12. The wind has narrowed greatly.现在风小多了。 13. to narrow in influence在影响上已不大了 14. to narrow one's eyes眯起眼睛 15. He didn't want to narrow the expending from the beginning.他从一开始就没打算减少开支。 16. to narrow down someone's powers限制某人的权力 17. Self-glory narrowed him.自负使他变得心胸狭隘。 18. he made his way down the narrow road.他沿着狭路走去。 19. his ability to get good results within narrow constraints of money and manpower.他那种能在有限资金和人力制约下取得好业绩的本事。 20. companies fail through their narrow view of what contributes to profit.公司由于对赢利因素的狭隘见解而失败。 21. some of the narrower definitions of democracy.一些对民主更精确的定义。 22. [no obj.]the road narrowed and crossed an old bridge.路变窄了，穿过一座古色古香的桥。 23. [with obj.]the Victoria Embankment was built to narrow the river.建维多利亚堤是为了让河道变窄。 24. [no obj.]the trade surplus narrowed to £70 m in January.1月份贸易盈余缩减到7,000万英镑。 25. [with obj.]England had narrowed Wales's lead from 13 points to 4.英格兰队把威尔士队的领先分数从13分降到了4分。 26. there was a car ferry across the narrows of Loch Long.长湾峡道有车辆渡船。 27. The bridge is too narrow for two cars to pass.这座桥太窄了，两辆汽车不能同时驶过。 28. a narrow circle of friends交游不广 29. That was a very narrow escape. You were lucky.那真是死里逃生，你真幸运。 30. a narrow defeat/victory在相差极少的情况下失利；险胜 31. The road narrows in 50 metres.再走50米，这道路就变窄了。 32. The police have narrowed down their list of suspects to three.警方已经把嫌疑犯的人数缩小到三人。 33. "a long, narrow table"长条桌子 34. narrow hallways/passageways狭窄的走廊/过道 35. The city's ancient streets are too narrow for buses.这座城市古老的街道太狭窄，公共汽车无法通过。 36. The sofa isn't narrow enough [=it is too wide] to fit through the door.这张沙发太宽，搬不进门。 37. a narrow path一条狭窄的小径 38. We crossed at the narrowest part of the river.我们从河道最窄的地方渡过。 39. His shoulders are very narrow.他的肩很窄。 40. within the narrow limits allowed by law在法律允许的有限范围内 41. "They offer a narrow range/choice of flavors: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla."他们提供有限的几种味道：巧克力味、草莓味和香草味。 42. the study's narrow focus on 30-year-old men此项研究局限于30岁男性 43. The study was narrow in scope.此项研究的范围很小。 44. a narrow view/perspective of politics狭隘的政治观 45. a narrow escape/victory死里逃生；险胜 46. "They won by a narrow [=close, small] margin."他们以微弱优势险胜。 47. She narrowed her eyes and stared at me. = She stared at me through narrowed [=partly closed] eyes.她眯起双眼盯着我看。 48. The path was narrowed by overgrowth.过度生长的植物使小径变得狭窄。 49. His eyes narrowed as he focused on the words in front of him.他眯起眼睛盯着眼前的字。 50. The vase narrows at its top.这只花瓶的上部收细。 51. The field has been narrowed [=reduced] from eight to two candidates.候选人范围从八位减少到了两位。 52. We've been able to narrow [=limit] the search to a three-mile area.我们得以把搜索范围缩小到三英里。 53. narrowing the range of options缩小选择范围 54. You'll need to narrow the focus of your paper to one central idea.你需要把论文的重点缩减到一个主题上。 55. The choices have been narrowed down to two.选择范围缩小到了两个。 56. "To narrow down its pool of applicants, the school made its admission requirements stricter."为压缩申请人数量，学校出台了更为严格的录取标准。 57. The gap between their salaries was beginning to narrow.他们的工资差距开始缩小。 58. a narrowing of the blood vessels血管收缩