In addition to the uses shown below, towards is used in phrasal verbs such as ‘count towards’ and ‘lean towards’.
除下列用法外,towards 还用于 count towards,lean towards 等短语动词中。
1 PREP 向;朝;面对 If you move, look, or point
towards something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction.
向;朝;面对 -
Caroline leant across the table towards him.
卡罗琳隔着桌子俯身向他靠过来。
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Anne left Artie and walked down the corridor towards the foyer.
安妮离开阿蒂,沿着走廊朝休息室走去。
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When he looked towards me, I smiled and waved.
他朝我看过来的时候,我微笑着挥了挥手。
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Patterson pointed toward a plain cardboard box beneath a long wooden table.
帕特森指着长木桌下的一个普通的纸板箱。
SYN in the direction of,
to,
for,
on the way to 2 PREP 倾向于;趋向于 If things develop
towards a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen.
倾向于;趋向于 -
The talks made little evident progress towards agreement.
会谈在达成一致方面几乎没有取得明显进展。
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She also began moving toward a different lifestyle.
她也开始转向一种不同的生活方式。
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…the trend towards couples living together rather than marrying.
倾向于同居而不是结婚的趋势
3 PREP 对;对于;关于 If you have a particular attitude
towards something or someone, you have that attitude when you think about them or deal with them.
对;对于;关于 -
It's the business of the individual to determine his own attitude towards religion.
对宗教持何种态度是个人的事情。
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Not everyone in the world will be kind and caring towards you.
并非世上每个人都会对你友善关心。
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My feelings towards Susan have changed over the years.
这些年来我对苏珊的感情发生了变化。
4 PREP 将近(某一时刻) If something happens
towards a particular time, it happens just before that time.
将近(某一时刻) SYN just before, nearing, close to, coming up to
5 PREP 接近;靠近 If something is
towards part of a place or thing, it is near that part.
接近;靠近 -
The home of the Morgan family was up Gloucester Road, towards the top of the hill.
摩根家族的住宅在格洛斯特路接近山顶的地方。
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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。
6 PREP (钱)用于 If you give money
towards something, you give it to help pay for that thing.
(钱)用于 -
He gave them £50,000 towards a house.
他给了他们 5 万英镑用于买房子。
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71 percent of the entire budget went towards the military…
整个预算的 71% 用于了军备。
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Families could use the money as a contribution towards the cost of sending their children to a public school.
这些家庭可以把这笔钱当作捐款,用于支付送孩子们上公立学校的费用。
SYN for,
as a contribution to,
as a help to View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years