The noun is pronounced 'prəʊgres, am 'prɑː-/. The verb is pronounced /prə'gres/. 名词读作 /'prəʊgres, 美 'prɑː-/,动词读作 /prə'gres/。
1 N-UNCOUNT 进步;进展 Progress is the process of gradually improving or getting nearer to achieving or completing something.
进步;进展 2 N-SING 进展;进程 The progress of a situation or action is the way in which it develops.
进展;进程 3 VERB 进步;进展;发展;改进 To
progress means to move over a period of time to a stronger, more advanced, or more desirable state.
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He will visit once a fortnight to see how his new staff are progressing. [VERB]
他会每两个星期来访一次,看看他的新员工进展如何。
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Were you surprised that his disease progressed so quickly?. [VERB]
他的病情发展得这么快,您是否感到意外?
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He started with sketching and then progressed to painting. [VERB + to]
他先是画素描,然后发展到画油画。
4 VERB 继续进行;逐步发展 If events
progress, they continue to happen gradually over a period of time.
继续进行;逐步发展 -
As the evening progressed, sadness turned to rage. [VERB]
随着夜幕逐渐降临,悲伤变成了愤怒。
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Life was hard, and it became harder as the war progressed. [VERB]
那时候生活很艰难,并且随着战争的持续愈发艰难了。
5 VERB 使…发展;使…取得进展 If you
progress something, you cause it to develop.
使…发展;使…取得进展 [formal] 6 PHRASE 正在进行中 If something is
in progress, it has started and is still continuing.
正在进行中 -
The game was already in progress when we took our seats.
我们坐下来的时候,比赛已经开始了。
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The diaries are a mixture of confession, work in progress and observation.
这些日记里既有自白,也有当下工作记录,还有见闻评论。
Quotations
Printing, gunpowder, and the magnet... these three have changed the whole face and state of things throughout the world Francis Bacon Essays What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance Havelock Ellis Impressions and Comments Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter Nadine Gordimer Speak Out: The Necessity of Protest Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork? Stanislaw Lec Unkempt Thoughts You can't say civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way Will Rogers That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind Neil Armstrong on his first steps on the moon's surface View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years