| 词汇 | towards |
| 释义 | towards preposition mainly UKuk /təˈwɔːdz//twɔːdz/ us /tɔːrdz//twɔːrdz/(also mainly UStoward) towardspreposition (MOVEMENT)B1 in the direction of, or closer to someone or something: 向，朝；对着 She stood up and walked towards him.她站起身来，向他走去。 He leaned towards his wife and whispered, "Can we go home soon?"他侧过身子轻声地问妻子：“我们快点回家好吗？” She kept glancing towards the phone.她不停地朝电话机那儿瞅。 The country seems to be drifting towards war.这个国家似乎正慢慢地走向战争。 There is a trend towards healthier eating among all sectors of the population.目前各行各业的人都有一种追求健康饮食的趋势。 A wasp came towards us and Howard started flailing his arms around.一只黄蜂冲我们飞来，霍华德开始使劲挥舞胳膊。 We were heading towards Kumasi when our truck broke down.我们在前往库马西的途中卡车抛锚了。 The horse and cart jogged down the rough track towards the farm.马车在崎岖的路上颠簸着驶向农场。 I walked backwards towards the door.我向门口退去。 When she came towards me shouting, I retreated behind my desk.她大叫着冲向我时，我就后退（到了桌子后面）。 Describing movement towards -ways at convergent earthward facing for forward forwards hither inwards on oncoming onward onwards round thither to up ward wise towardspreposition (RELATION)B2 in relation to something or someone: 对，对于；关于 They've always been very friendly towards me.他们对我总是很友好。 There has been a change in government policy towards energy efficiency.政府针对能源效率的政策有了变动。 He feels a lot of anger/hostility/antagonism/animosity towards his father.他很生父亲的气／对父亲怀有很大的敌意／对父亲心怀极大怨恨／非常憎恨父亲。 A lot of people think that most newspapers are biased towards one particular political party.许多人认为大多数报纸都偏袒某一政党。 He's always behaved courteously toward my family.他对我的家人总是彬彬有礼。 He's adopted a remarkably light-hearted attitude towards the situation.面对这种局面，他摆出了一种异乎寻常的轻描淡写的态度。 A parent must be careful not to show favouritism towards any one of their children.家长必须注意不要偏爱任何一个子女。 They showed open hostility towards their new neighbours. He claims that society has been far too permissive towards drug taking. Regarding and concerning about apply to apropos apropos of something around as cover deal with someone department hereof in respect of somethingidiom in the brain, looks, etc. departmentidiom into range relate say something thereof vis-à-vis wise towardspreposition (POSITION)C1 near to, just before, or around a time or place: 接近，靠近;将近 Our seats were towards the back of the theatre.我们的座位靠近剧院的后排。 I often get hungry towards the middle of the morning.我常常半上午的时候感到饿。 We're getting towards winter and it's getting dark earlier.快到冬天了，天黑得越来越早。 He went mad towards the end of his life.他在生命走向终了时疯掉了。 The weather is expected to settle towards the end of the week.天气预计会在周末时稳定下来。 The tape speeded up towards the end.这盘磁带在接近结尾时速度突然加快了。 Johnson came on as a substitute towards the end of the match. The shop becomes a lot less busy towards lunchtime. Closeness in distance and time a few stepsidiom a hair's breadthidiom about ace anywhere anywhere nearidiom approachable around float float around hand to handidiom hard by proximate proximately proximity roof round the corneridiom shadow shout step towardspreposition (PURPOSE)C1 for the purpose of buying or achieving something: 为了 I'm saving up to buy a car, and Dad has given me some money towards it.我正在攒钱买车，爸爸也资助了我点儿钱。 Would you like to make a contribution (= give some money) towards a present for Linda?你愿意为给琳达买礼物出点儿钱吗？ The work that students do during the term counts towards their final grade.学生平时的功课会算到期末总分里。 Aren't you going to contribute towards Jack's leaving present?你不打算凑一份钱给杰克买送别礼物吗？ The work that the students do during the year will count towards their final degrees. Their policies are all towards the creation of wealth. Do you agree with the principle that everyone should pay something towards the cost of health care?每个人都要承担一些卫生保健费用，这个原则你赞同吗？ The Friends of the Royal Academy raised £10 000 towards the cost of the exhibition.皇家艺术学院之友为此次展览筹集了1万英镑。 Goals and purposes achievement orientation affordance ambition avail cause dedicated dream eye function idea idly intention it's the thought that countsidiom key performance indicator reorientation subgoal target target setting thought undedicated GrammarTowards or toward? Towards and toward are prepositions. We can use both forms, but towards is much more common than toward. … |
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