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.