喜樂美語
  1. 1aC1/ˈwaɪdspred/普遍 / 廣泛

    Happening or existing in many places, or among many people.

    示範例句 · Example

    There was widespread support for the school's recycling plan.

    逐字有廣泛的支持給這所學校的回收計畫。

    「widespread」講的是「散布得很廣、很多地方或很多人都有」，可以想成 wide（寬廣）+ spread（散開），像東西攤開鋪滿一大片。常形容問題、支持、影響：widespread support（廣泛的支持）、widespread damage（大範圍的損害）。比 common 更強調「範圍大、到處都是」。

    常見搭配

    • widespread support

      廣泛的支持

      support from many people

      The plan won widespread support.

    • widespread damage

      大範圍的損害

      damage over a large area

      The flood caused widespread damage.

    • widespread use

      廣泛使用

      used in many places

      The widespread use of phones changed how we talk.

    • a widespread belief

      普遍的看法

      an idea that many people hold

      There is a widespread belief that hard work pays off.

core核心畫面

Picture a stain spreading across a map until it covers most of it. The word is built from wide + spread, so it is not about how bad or how strong something is — only about how far across places and people it has reached.

可以想成：地圖上一塊污漬慢慢暈開，最後蓋住大半張圖。這個字就是 wide（廣）加 spread（散開）拼起來的，所以它談的不是嚴不嚴重、強不強，只談「範圍鋪到多遠、多少人碰到」。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

widespreadadj/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/

  • 1

    Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

    • widespread belief
    • widespread criticism
  • 2

    Spread far apart.

    • Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches

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