widespread
widespread — 形容詞
- widespreadpositive
- more widespreadcomparative
- most widespreadsuperlative
1. affecting a very large number of people or covering a very large area — for exam
廣泛的
影響大量人或涵蓋廣大區域的
affecting a very large number of people or covering a very large area — for example, a custom that many communities follow, a problem found across many schools, or a belief held by most people in a society.
There is widespread support for building a new park in the neighborhood.
社區裡對於在附近興建一座新公園，有廣泛的支持。
collocation: widespread support
The flu caused widespread illness among students at Diya's school last winter.
去年冬天，Diya 的學校有許多學生因流感而生病。
Widespread use of plastic bags has created serious problems for ocean wildlife.
塑膠袋的廣泛使用已對海洋生態造成嚴重問題。
collocation: widespread use
Mira was shocked to discover how widespread cheating was at her university.
Mira 震驚地發現她的大學裡作弊情形有多麼普遍。
predicative position: be + widespread
- widespread support
- widespread use
- widespread belief
- widespread concern
- widespread damage
- widespread acceptance
- widespread criticism
- widespread illness
- common
less formal; focuses on frequency rather than geographical or population coverage
- prevalent
more formal; suggests something is dominant or typical in a given area or group
- extensive
emphasises the large area something covers, but less natural with human-group subjects
- ubiquitous
much stronger; suggests something is found everywhere, often hyperbolically
文法句型
widespread + noun (attributive)
be + widespread (predicative)
用法筆記
Typically modifies abstract nouns (support, use, belief, concern, illness) rather than concrete physical objects. You would not normally say 'a widespread table' to mean a wide table.
常見錯誤
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常見搭配
副詞搭配
- increasingly widespread
- fairly widespread
- geographically widespread
- historically widespread
介系詞搭配
- widespread among
- widespread throughout
- widespread across
- widespread in