流逝汉英词典

toward

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [tə'wɔːd; twɔːd; tɔːd]
  • 美式音标 [tɔrd; təˈwɔrd]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • prep. 向；趋向；对于；接近（时间）；靠近；用于，为了（同 towards）
  • adj. 即将来到的，进行中的
  • n. (Toward) （美、加、沙特）特沃德

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的toweard，意为朝向。

同根派生

  • adv性质的同根词
    to：向前；（门等）关上。
  • prep性质的同根词
    to：到；向；（表示时间、方向）朝…方向。

英汉例句

  • McKay walked slowly toward this screen, feeling a growing tenseness.
    麦凯缓缓地朝这个屏幕走来，每走一步心情都更加紧张。
  • Breathe out and ease your knees in toward your chest.
    呼气，膝部放松向胸部靠拢。
  • The most popular items are located toward the back of the store.
    最受欢迎的产品放在靠近商店最里面的地方。
  • McKay walked slowly toward this screen, feeling a growing tenseness.
    麦凯缓缓地朝这个屏幕走来，每走一步心情都更加紧张。
  • Breathe out and ease your knees in toward your chest.
    呼气，膝部放松向胸部靠拢。

词组短语

    短语

  • toward evening 黄昏时分;靠近晚上的时候;傍晚;亦称“黄昏
  • Toward Line 指向线;朝向线
  • rush toward 奔赴;奔向;匆忙地
  • toward noon 方〉∶接近中午的时分;在中午时间;临近中午
  • walk toward 走向

英英字典

    柯林斯英英字典

  • If you move, look, or point toward something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction.
  • If things develop toward a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen.
  • If you have a particular attitude toward something or someone, you have that attitude when you think about them or deal with them.
  • If something happens toward a particular time, it happens just before that time.
  • If something is toward part of a place or thing, it is near that part.
  • If you give money toward something, you give it to help pay for that thing.