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词组 gap
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gap /ɡæp/ noun 1. a big difference between two situations, amounts, groups of people etcadjectivesa big/large/wide gap There is a big gap between our system and theirs. a huge/enormous gap A huge gap still exists between rich and poor.a yawning gap (=a very big difference) There was a yawning gap between the earnings of men and women.a narrow gap The gap between the two candidates is very narrow.a growing/widening gap There is a growing gap in the academic performance of boys and girls.an unbridgeable gap (=a difference that cannot be reduced or overcome) He felt that there was an unbridgeable gap between the negotiating positions of the two sides.a cultural gap (=a difference between cultures) There is a cultural gap between Europe and America on this subject.nouns + gapan age gap (=a difference in age between two people) There is a big age gap between them – she’s 17 and he’s 52.a generation gap (=the difference in attitudes between older and younger people) One reason for the generation gap is that younger people have been brought up in a very different way from their parents. the gender gap (=the difference between the situation of men and women) The gender gap was visible in the way men and women voted during the presidential elections.the trade gap (=the difference between the amounts a country imports and exports) Britain’s trade gap almost doubled last month.verbsbridge/close/narrow the gap (=make it less big) The book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice. | The policies are designed to close the gap between rich and poor.widen the gap Technology has widened the gap between people with and without computer skills.the gap narrows/widens (=gets smaller or bigger) The gap is widening between rich and poor. | Polls show the gap between the two candidates has narrowed.a gap exists A cultural gap exists between the older and the younger generations.a gap separates people/things The gap separating winners and losers has widened.prepositionsa gap between sth and sth The gap between rich and poor has grown wider.2. a space between two thingsadjectivesa narrow/small/little/tiny gap She has a small gap between her front teeth.a big/wide/enormous/massive gap There is a big gap in the fence.verbsfill in/seal a gap We filled in the gaps around the windows.a gap opens up A gap had opened up between the wall and the ceiling.prepositionsa gap between There are gaps between the floorboards.3. a situation in which there is something missingadjectivesa big/large/huge/great gap There were huge gaps in his story.an important/major gap The present study aims to fill an important gap in the research.verbsleave/create a gap His mother’s death left a big gap in his life.fill/plug a gap This machine has been designed to fill a gap in the market.identify/spot a gap Losey had identified a gap in the existing research.prepositionsa gap in sth There are still many gaps in our knowledge of the laws of physics.
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