1.narrow用作动词的意思是“(使)变窄”,指数量、距离、程度等与原来相比缩小。
2.narrow可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。

narrow down(v.+adv.)
(使)变窄; (使)减少; (使)缩小 (cause to) be limited or reduced
▲narrow down
The search has narrowed down to a few streets where the gunman might be hiding.搜查的目标已经缩小到几条街道了,那持枪的歹徒可能就藏在那里的什么地方。
▲narrow sth ⇔ down
The police have now narrowed down their list of suspects.警方现已缩小了嫌疑犯人数的范围。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
In the end the choice was narrowed down to three people who might be suitable for the job.最后,只剩下三人可供选择,看谁更适合干这种工作。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
The river narrows at this point.河在这里变窄了。
The road narrows here.路在这儿变窄了。
The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
In the bright sunlight she had to narrow her eyes. 在强烈阳光下她必须眯着双眼。
The doctor narrows his study.医生缩小了他的研究范围。
Living in the convent narrowed her views.修道院生活使她的视野变窄。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The benefit was narrowed.利益变得越来越少了。

［同义词］ adj.  close, confined, illiberal, thin
［反义词］ adj.  broad, liberal, wide
［词源］  ＜古英语nearu ＜古高地德语narwa ＜希腊语narnax(狭窄)

1.narrow的基本意思是“狭窄的”,可指空间、场所、物品或范围的狭窄。用于比喻可形容人“思路狭小”“眼光短浅”“看问题狭隘”或“有偏见”等。
2.narrow还可作“勉强的,险胜的”解,通常作定语。

用作定语
▲～+n.
She steered the car skillfully through the narrow streets.她熟练地驾驶着汽车穿过狭窄的街道。
The approach to the house is a narrow path.通向这所房屋的是一条很窄的小路。
The only access to the garden is by a narrow path at the side of the house.到花园去的唯一途径是走房屋侧面的一条窄路。
They closed the dog in a narrow cave.他们把那只狗关在一个狭窄的洞穴里。
We had to force the pipe down a narrow hole to get it through.我们不得不使管道顺一个狭窄的洞往下走以使之穿过。
We had to ram the pipe down a narrow hole.我们只好把管子沿一个窄洞塞下来。
It is supported on a narrow base.它由一个狭窄的底座支撑着。
The tug eased into the narrow docking space.拖船小心地驶入狭窄的码头停泊处。
The box won't wedge into such a narrow space.那盒子塞不进那么窄的地方。
When dams are new, they look like heaps of sticks sloping from a broad base to a narrow top.新坝刚筑起时看上去像由底部宽大顶部窄小且又有一定斜度的树枝堆起来的。
His second book will appeal to a narrower audience, mainly teachers and college students.他的第二本书的读者面将比较狭小,主要是教师和大学生。
They restricted themselves within narrow limits.他们把自己约束在狭小的范围之内。
The decision was taken for narrow economic reasons, without considering its social effects.这一决定是从狭隘的经济观点作出的,并没有考虑社会效应。
She won the championship by a narrow margin.她以微弱优势赢得冠军。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
Be careful when you back into the garage, the doorway is very narrow.你倒车入库时要小心,门道很窄。
His world is narrow.他眼光狭窄。
▲It is/was+～+(for sb/sth) to-v
The bridge is too narrow for two cars to pass.这桥太窄,并排通不过两辆车。