首先要明白其基本含义:

表达具体的宽用wide 例如open your mouth wide

表打抽象的宽,广泛用widely;例如 English is used widely.

wide:

adj. 比较级: wider 最高级: widest

宽的;广阔的;普遍的;张大的,开得很大的(反义词: narrow)

adv.

广泛地;充分地;广阔地、完全地

n.

广大的世界;

Sam has a wide mouth.

萨姆有一张大嘴。

How wide is that stream?

那条小溪有多宽?

It's about 2 metres wide.

它大约2米宽。

The road was just wide enough for two vehicles to pass.

这条路的宽度刚好能让两辆车开过。

a wide range/choice/variety of goods

一系列品种繁多的 / 大量可供选择的 / 各种各样的货品

Her music appeals to a wide audience.

她的音乐吸引了大批的听众。

Jenny has a wide circle of friends.

珍妮交友甚广。

a manager with wide experience of industry

在工业制造方面经验丰富的经理

It's the best job in the whole wide world .

这是整个大千世界中最好的工作。

The incident has received wide coverage in the press.

这个事件已被新闻界广泛报道。

The festival attracts people from a wide area.

这个艺We are talking about education in its widest sense .

我们在讨论最广义的教育。

术节吸引了四面八方的人。

She stared at him with wide eyes.

她睁大了眼睛瞪着他。

He stood with his legs wide apart.

他两腿完全叉开地站着。

(体育中)远离目标地

The arrow fell wide.

箭完全没有射中。

Her shot was wide (of the target).

她的枪脱了靶。

The door was wide open .

门四敞大开。

The championship is still wide open (= anyone could win) .

谁将获得冠军还难以预料。

She had a fear of wide-open spaces .

身处开阔的空地中会使她感到害怕。

He stood with his legs wide apart .

他站在那里,两腿叉開。

In a few seconds she was wide awake .

片刻之间她完全醒来。

Open your mouth wide .

把嘴张大。

It brought a wide smile to his face and laughter to his eyes...

这让他眉开眼笑。

widely: 比较级: more widely 最高级: most widely

adv.

广阔地,宽阔地、广泛地

He was grinning widely, waving to her as he ran.

他咧嘴大笑着,一边跑一边向她挥手。

a corridor of land 10 kilometres wide...

10公里宽的陆地走廊

He published widely in scientific journals...

他在科学期刊上广泛发表文章。

a widely held belief

普遍持有的信念

The idea is now widely accepted.

这个思想现在已获得普遍接受。

He has travelled widely in Asia.

他在亚洲许多地方旅行过。

Her books are widely read (= a lot of people read them) .

她写的书有众多的读者。

He's an educated, widely-read man (= he has read a lot of books) .

他这个人受过良好教育,博览群书。

The new technology has been more widely adopted.

这项新工艺得到了更加广泛的采用

Plastics has been used widely.

塑料已被广泛利用。

This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists.

这一理论遭到了守旧派科学家的普遍嘲笑

This medicine is widely used.

这种药应用得很广泛

It was widely believed that Powell had stampeded the Government into taking action.

大家普遍认为鲍威尔已经逼迫政府采取行动。

He is widely regarded as Hungary's most skilful politician.

他是公认的匈牙利最有手腕的政治家。

He was widely travelled.

他去过很多地方。

小结:wide与widely

wide表示空间宽度;widely意思是"广泛地","在许多地方" 范围广的

如: She opened the door wide so that the room was lighter.

她把门开大以使屋内明亮一些。

English is widely used in the world

Over the next twelve years, he traveled widely.

在接下来的十二年里他周游四方。

Customs vary widely from one area to another.

不同地区的风俗迥然不同。

Wide做副词主要有有如下三种意思:

ad. 1.张得(或开得)很大地;充分地

2.远离(目标)地,偏离地[(+of)]

3.广阔地;广泛地

I've searched far and wide for the book and I still can't find it.

我到处寻找该书,结果仍然没能找到。

widely 而 以-ly结尾的同源副词所表达的常常是抽象性的行为和状况

Over the next twelve years, he traveled widely.

在接下来的十二年里他周游四方。

Customs vary widely from one area to another.

不同地区的风俗迥然不同。

These cells are widely distributed throughout the body

这些细胞在人体内分布广泛。

The song is becoming widely popular.

这首歌正在广泛流行开来。

His achievements, though hardly exciting, were widely admired.

尽管他的成就不怎么激动人心,可依然备受赞赏。

重点词汇:Wide与 widely 用法辨析