慧康网甲甲学英语(2nd)from bbc:每日一句，一词……. (1)一个关键词widespread。机器译(Google):广泛；机器字典:形容词 广泛，普遍，普及，弥漫，广博的，广布的，广大的，广泛流传的 。…….. (2)以该词为关键词的一句话新闻故事 ” Foot-binding is believed to have begun during, or just before, the Song Dynasty in China around the 10th Century, and became widespread within a couple of hundred years. Bound feet were seen as a status symbol for wealthy women who did not need to work, although eventually the practice became widespread. 参考译文；据信，裹小脚是从10世纪中国的宋朝，或稍早一点开始的，在一两百年内普及(*在上面字典多个意思里选一个最适宜或最顺口的意思即普及)。 虽然在实际中变得广泛流行， 裹小脚曾是不用干活的有钱人家妇女的标志。(3)完整的新闻原文三段话和出处转录如下，供网友参考： Chinese foot binding,Phil Coomes,Picture editor,bbc14_0717 Close-up shots of people’s feet may not be the first choice of subject for a photo project, but Jo Farrell’s pictures of the last remaining women in China with bound feet act as both a link to the past and a fascinating portrait of those involved. Foot-binding is believed to have begun during, or just before, the Song Dynasty in China around the 10th Century, and became widespread within a couple of hundred years. Bound feet were seen as a status symbol for wealthy women who did not need to work, although eventually the practice became widespread. Farrell writes: “Although considered fairly barbaric, it was a tradition that enabled women to find a suitable partner. Matchmakers or mothers-in-law required their son’s betrothed to have bound feet as a sign that she would be a good wife (she would be subservient and without complaint).”
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