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In addition to the uses shown below, forward is also used in phrasal verbs such as ‘bring forward’ and ‘look forward to’. In British English, forwards is often used as an adverb instead of forward in senses 1, 4, and 7. 除下列用法外，forward 还可用于bring forward，look forward to等短语动词中。英国英语中，义项1，4，7用作副词时常写作forwards。 1 [ADV 副词]朝前；向前 If you move or look forward, you move or look in a direction that is in front of you. In British English, you can also move or look forwards . He came forward with his hand out. 'Mr and Mrs Selby?' he enquired... 他走上前去伸出手来。“是塞尔比先生和夫人吗？”他问道。 She fell forwards on to her face... 她一头栽倒在地。 He continued to walk, didn't look at the car, kept his face forward. 他脸朝前继续走，没有看那辆车。
2 [ADV-GRADED 副词]靠近前面；在前面 Forward means in a position near the front of something such as a building or a vehicle. 3 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词](尤指在轮船或飞机上)靠近…前面的，在…前面的 If one thing is forward of another, especially on a ship or aircraft, the first thing is in front of the second thing or further ahead. 4 [ADV 副词]向前(看)；向将来(看) If you say that someone looks forward, you approve of them because they think about what will happen in the future and plan for it. In British English, you can also say that someone looks forwards . [usu ADV after v] [approval] Now the leadership wants to look forward, and to outline a strategy for the rest of the century... 现在领导层想要展望未来，为本世纪余下的时间勾画出战略纲要。 People should forget and look forwards... 人们应该忘记过去向前看。 Manchester United has always been a forward-looking club. 曼彻斯特联队一直是一个具有前瞻性的俱乐部。 - Forward is also an adjective.
5 [ADV 副词](把钟表)调前地，拨快地 If you put a clock or watch forward, you change the time shown on it so that it shows a later time, for example when the time changes to summer time or daylight saving time. 6 [ADV 副词]自从…；从…起；自…以来 When you are referring to a particular time, if you say that something was true from that time forward, you mean that it became true at that time, and continued to be true afterwards. 7 [ADV 副词]向前地；前进地；有进展地 You use forward to indicate that something progresses or improves. In British English, you can also use forwards . And by boosting economic prosperity in Mexico, Canada and the United States, it will help us move forward on issues that concern all of us... 促进墨西哥、加拿大和美国的经济繁荣将有助于解决与我们大家息息相关的诸多问题。 They just couldn't see any way forward... 他们就是看不到前进的方向。 Space scientists and astronomers have taken another step forwards. 航天科学家和天文学家又取得了进展。
8 [VERB 动词]推进；促进 If you forward something, you cause it to progress or improve. The music is used to forward the plot, not simply to keep the toes tapping. 音乐用来推进情节发展，而不仅仅是保持节奏感。 ...the scientist who has done the most to forward the cause of public understanding over the year. 这位一年来为促进公众理解作出巨大贡献的科学家
9 [ADV 副词](提)出；(推)出；(现)出 If something or someone is put forward, or comes forward, they are suggested or offered as suitable for a particular purpose. Over the years several similar theories have been put forward... 几年来已经有好几个类似理论相继提出。 Next month the Commission is to bring forward its first proposals for action... 下月该委员会将提出它的首批行动建议。 He was putting himself forward as a Democrat... 他以民主党人的身份推举自己。 Investigations have ground to a standstill because no witnesses have come forward. 调查陷入停滞，因为没有证人站出来。
10 [VERB 动词]转交；转发；转接 If a letter or message is forwarded to someone, it is sent to the place where they are, after having been sent to a different place earlier. [be V-ed from/to n] [V n from/to n] [Also V n] When he's out on the road, office calls are forwarded to the cellular phone in his truck... 他在路上时，打到办公室的电话会转接到卡车里的移动电话上。 We will forward your letters to him. 我们会把您的信转交给他。
11 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]鲁莽的；冒失的；自负的 If you describe someone as forward, you mean that they speak very confidently and honestly but they do not always show enough respect for the person they are talking to. 12 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:centre-forward ； (足球、篮球或曲棍球等运动的)前锋 In football, basketball, or hockey, a forward is a player whose usual position is in the opponents' half of the field, and whose usual job is to attack or score goals. 13 backwards and forwards→see: backwards ； |