narrowest

英 [ˈnærəʊɪst]

美 [ˈnɛroʊəst]

adj.  狭窄的; 窄小的; 勉强的; 刚刚好的; 狭隘的; 目光短浅的
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 狭窄的;狭小的
  Something that isnarrowmeasures a very small distance from one side to the other, especially compared to its length or height.
  1. ...through the town's narrow streets...
     穿过该镇狭窄的街道
  2. She had long, narrow feet.
     她的双脚瘦长。
  3. ...the narrow strip of land joining the peninsula to the rest of the island.
     把半岛和岛屿其他部分连在一起的狭长陆地
• VERB 变狭窄;变窄
  If somethingnarrows, it becomes less wide.
  1. The wide track narrows before crossing another stream.
     宽宽的小径在穿过另一条小溪前逐渐收窄。
• V-ERG (使)(眼睛)眯起
  If your eyesnarrowor if younarrowyour eyes, you almost close them, for example because you are angry or because you are trying to concentrate on something.
  1. Coggins' eyes narrowed angrily. 'You think I'd tell you?'...
     科金斯气得眯起眼睛。“你认为我会告诉你？”
  2. He paused and narrowed his eyes in concentration.
     他停下来，眯起眼睛专注地看着。
• ADJ-GRADED (想法、态度或信仰)狭隘的，有局限的
  If you describe someone's ideas, attitudes, or beliefs asnarrow, you disapprove of them because they are restricted in some way, and often ignore the more important aspects of an argument or situation.
  1. ...a narrow and outdated view of family life...
     对家庭生活狭隘过时的看法
  2. I would have preferred somebody who had wider ideas, and he was rather narrow.
     我会更倾向于一个思路开阔些的人，他的想法太狭隘了。
• V-ERG 缩小;(使)变小
  If somethingnarrowsor if younarrowit, its extent or range becomes smaller.
  1. Most recent opinion polls suggest that the gap between the two main parties has narrowed...
     最新的民意测验显示这两大主要政党之间的差距已经缩小了。
  2. Senate negotiators further narrowed their differences over the level of federal spending for anti-drug programs.
     关于联邦政府在反毒品项目上的支出问题，参议院的谈判代表们进一步缩小了分歧。
• ADJ-GRADED (胜利)勉强的;(胜负)差距微弱的;险胜的
  If you have anarrowvictory, you succeed in winning but only by a small amount.
  1. Delegates have voted by a narrow majority in favour of considering electoral reform.
     代表们投票表决，以微弱多数票赞同考虑选举制度的改革。
• ADJ-GRADED 很险的;勉强的
  If you have anarrowescape, something unpleasant nearly happens to you.
  1. Two police officers had a narrow escape when separatists attacked their vehicles.
     分裂主义者袭击他们的车辆时，两名警官死里逃生。
• → see:on the straight and narrow straight

双语例句

• He lost the race by the narrowest of margins.
  他以极小的差距在赛跑中落败。
• The poll shows that the government is leading by the narrowest of margins.
  民意调查显示政府以最微弱的优势领先。
• To improve guidance accuracy the systems engineer will want the narrowest guidance beam possible.
  为了提高制导精度，系统设计人员希望使用尽可能窄的制导波束。
• This narrowest place is between the bulge of South America and the bulge of africa.
  这洋面最窄的地方就是介于南美洲的突出点和非洲的突出点之间。
• The paradigm is in its narrowest sense a set of rules.
  范例，就其最狭隘的意义来说，就是一组规则。
• Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.
  名誉就象一朵河，源头最狭窄，远处最宽广。
• A team of physicists at the University of New South Wales has solved a major part of the puzzle with the creation of the world's narrowest conducting wire, leading to a research partnership with IBM.
  新南威尔士大学的一组物理学家已经解决了这个难题的主要方面，创造出生避世界上最细的导线，从而引领了与IBM的科研合作。
• Some of the melted fuel may have leaked into the concrete vessels that form the next layer of protective containment, making for a meltdown by even the narrowest industry standards.
  熔化的燃料可能有一部分渗进了混凝土容器（次一层的保护壳），造成了即使按最严格的行业标准也可归为熔毁的现象。
• Arteries carry the blood from the heart to the narrowest arteries, or arterioles, which then lead into the capillaries.
  动脉把来自心脏的血液送到最狭窄的动脉，也就是微动脉，然后再送到微血管。
• In the narrowest sense, it is about different abstract models of a system, and well-defined model transformations among them.
  狭义上讲，它是关于一个系统的不同的抽象模型，和在模型之间的定义良好的模型转换。