| 词汇 | abreast |
| 释义 | abreast adverb uk /əˈbrest/ us /əˈbrest/ used to say that two or more people are next to each other and moving in the same direction: （朝同一方向）并排而行;并肩而行 We were running/swimming two abreast.我们俩并肩跑步／游泳。 The motorcyclist came abreast of her car and shouted abuse at her.那个骑摩托车的人跟上来，与她的车并行着，对她破口大骂。 keep abreast of something to make sure you know all the most recent facts about a subject or situation: 了解…的最新情况;跟上…的最新进展 I try to keep abreast of any developments.我努力了解所有新的进展情况。 Next to and beside adjacency adjacent adjacently adjoining against along beside bordering contiguity contiguous contiguously neighbour next door next door but oneidiom next door to someone/something non-contiguous on shoulder shoulder to shoulderidiom side abreast | American Dictionaryabreast adverb us/əˈbrest/ next to another person and facing in the same direction: We were running two abreast around the track. If you keep abreast of a subject, you stay informed about new developments in it: Staying abreast of new software releases takes lots of time. Examples of abreastabreast Keeping abreast of all that is taking place is a nightmare in itself. Administrative staff must provide not only procedural administration but also policy leadership, identifying key policy issues and keeping the board abreast of best practices. Indeed, medieval musicology has been accused of not staying abreast of recent academic trends. First, the printed text could be different from the original performed version as plays could be edited to keep abreast of changing political circumstances. Prescribers must therefore ensure that they keep abreast of any new evidence relating to their area of clinical practice. The world d o e s n o t stop changing while w e trade definitions, but the need t o keep abreast is constant. Private houses open onto them by window or door, and the main streets can take nine riders abreast. The government certainly benefited from several sources of information from the various competing administrations to keep abreast of events in the departments. She nevertheless stayed abreast of the latest developments in her field as a wr iter of textbooks. Failure to keep abreast could lead to errors of judgement, and the loss of both empathy with the multiple clients and of ability to meet her own stringent targets. Nevertheless, incremental coverage decisions contribute to the overall social impact of genetic testing (and genomics), and evaluators should keep abreast of the evolving scholarship in the legal and social sciences. To offer appropriate guidance to students, school of music staff need to be kept abreast of cultural industry knowledge and to maintain professional contact with the profession. Finally, instructors should consider attending professional workshops and conferences whenever possible in an attempt to keep abreast with the most current research and practices in the field of language teaching. Recent work on the popular press, and on women's reading and writing, has come from literary scholars as much as from historians, and the author is abreast of both disciplines. Likewise, although it is difficult to stay abreast of rapidly changing developments in the pharmaceutical industry, the authors make no mention of the increasing availability of extended release preparations. See all examples of abreast These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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