gulf
noun /ɡʌlf/
/ɡʌlf/
Idioms - [countable] a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land
海湾 - the Gulf of Mexico
墨西哥湾
- the Gulf of Mexico
- the Gulf[singular] the Persian Gulf, the area of sea between the Arabian peninsula and Iran
波斯湾 - [countable, usually singular] gulf (between A and B) a large difference between two people or groups in the way that they think, live or feel
分歧；鸿沟；隔阂 - The gulf between rich and poor is enormous.
贫富悬殊。 - It felt as if a gulf had opened up between his life and mine.
我感觉他的生活似乎和我的有了隔阂。
- A gulf of mistrust still exists between them.
他们之间依然存在着极大的不信任。 - For many teachers, there existed an unbridgeable gulf between home and school life.
对许多教师来说，家庭生活和学校生活之间存在不可逾越的鸿沟。 - Other factors widened the gulf that separated rich from poor.
其他因素加大了贫富差距。 - The documentary illustrated the gulf between industrialized and developing countries.
这部纪录片展示了工业化国家和发展中国家之间的差距。 - There appeared to be a growing gulf between the prosperous south and the declining towns of the north.
繁荣的南方和衰退的北方城市之间的差距似乎在不断扩大。 - This atrocity has created a huge gulf between the two groups.
这一暴行在两个群体之间造成了巨大的隔阂。 - the huge gulf in level between professional and amateur teams
职业队和业余队之间巨大的水平差距 - the ideological gulf that separated the two branches of the movement
致使运动两个分支分裂的意识形态鸿沟 - the yawning gulf that separates the two cultures
将两种文化分隔开的鸿沟
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- enormous
- …
- create
- widen
- emphasize
- …
- exist
- divide somebody/something
- separate somebody/something
- …
- gulf between
- gulf in
- gulf of
- …
- The gulf between rich and poor is enormous.
- [countable] a wide deep opening in the ground
（地面的）裂口，深坑，沟壑
词源late Middle English: from Old French golfe, from Italian golfo, based on Greek kolpos ‘bosom, gulf’.
Idioms
bridge the gap/gulf/divide (between A and B)
- to reduce or get rid of the differences that exist between two things or groups of people
消除（甲、乙间的）隔阂／鸿沟／分歧 - The new degree course aims to bridge the gulf between education and industry.
新的学位课程旨在弥合教育和实业之间的脱节。
- The new degree course aims to bridge the gulf between education and industry.