对话:
A:Have you read the newspaper? The police have arrested three men living in the house down the street.
你看报了吗?警察逮捕了住在街那边那座房子里的三个人。
B:Youmeanthose people involved in selling drugs?
你是指与贩毒案有关的那个人吗?
A:Yes. But the principalcriminalhas run away, and the police are searching far and widefor him.
是的,但是主犯在逃,警察正在到处搜寻他。
表达:
far and wide:到处,各处,四面八方
eg:
The exciting newsspreadfar and wide.
这个振奋人心的消息传遍四面八方。
The flowersspreadtheirfragrancefar and wide.
花儿的芳香散发到四面八方。
My oldschoolfriends are scattered far and wide now.
老同学如今天各一方。