该短语主要作状语,修饰表示“寻找、传播、旅行、搜索”等动作的动词,说明动作的范围或程度。
以下是常见的搭配和例句,帮助理解其用法:
1、 修饰“寻找/搜索”类动词(如 search, look for, hunt for)
表示“到处找;遍寻各地”:
They searched far and wide for their missing cat.(他们到处找失踪的猫。)
We looked far and wide for a good restaurant in the city.(我们在城里到处找好餐馆。)
2、 修饰“传播/扩散”类动词(如 spread, reach)
表示“广泛传播;传遍四面八方”:
News of the invention spread far and wide overnight.(这项发明的消息一夜之间传遍了各地。)
The singer’s fame has reached far and wide beyond her home country.(这位歌手的名气早已超越祖国,传遍四方。)
3、 修饰“旅行/探索”类动词(如 travel, explore, wander)
表示“走遍各地;广泛游历”:
The writer traveled far and wide to gather stories for his book.(这位作家走遍各地为他的书收集素材。)
As a backpacker, she loves wandering far and wide to experience different cultures.(作为背包客,她喜欢四处游历体验不同文化。)
4、 修饰“吸引/影响”类动词(如 attract, impact)
表示“吸引/影响范围广”:
The festival attracts tourists far and wide every year.(这个节日每年吸引来自各地的游客。)
The policy’s effects will be felt far and wide across the economy.(这项政策的影响将广泛波及整个经济。)
词性限制:作为副词短语,far and wide 不能直接修饰名词,只能修饰动词或整个句子。
错误:a far and wide place(×)
正确:a place known far and wide(远近闻名的地方)
同义词替换:可替换为 widely(广泛地)、everywhere(到处)、all over the place(到处),但 far and wide 更强调“范围的广度+距离的遥远”,情感更强烈。