拓宽

• 拼音: tuò kuān
• 汉字拆解: 拓 = 扌 (hand) + 石 (stone) — rubbing stone to make rubbings, i.e., opening up; 宽 = 宀 (roof) + 莧 (a plant, phonetic)

含义

To widen; to broaden; to expand. Making something physically or metaphorically wider or broader.

Used both concretely (widening a road, expanding a river channel) and abstractly (broadening one's horizons, widening the scope of a policy). Common in government infrastructure announcements, educational discourse, and personal development contexts. 拓宽思路 (broaden one's thinking) and 拓宽视野 (broaden one's horizons) are frequent collocations.

例句

1. 市政府计划将这条干道由四车道拓宽为六车道。
2. 出国留学的经历极大地拓宽了她的眼界和思维方式。
3. 公司决定拓宽产品线，进入新兴市场。

用法指南

语境: infrastructure, education, business, personal development

语气: constructive

正确说法

• 这次研修课程有助于拓宽学员的专业视野。(This training course helps participants broaden their professional horizons.)
• 我们需要拓宽融资渠道，不能只依赖银行贷款。(We need to widen our financing channels and not rely solely on bank loans.)

错误说法

• 用'拓宽'描述已经在缩减的内容 (拓宽 always implies expansion; for reduction use 缩减 or 压缩)

起源与历史

Compound of 拓 (open up, expand) + 宽 (wide, broad). 拓 originally referred to rubbing paper on carved stones to make rubbings — extended to mean 'open up new territory.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal