toward
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。
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
- 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
短语
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.