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towards prep.向；朝；关于adj.在即的；有希望的 (1) 他冲过马路，向我跑过来。(2) 那队囚犯拖着沉重的步子向门口蹭去。(3) 她伸开双臂朝他奔去。(4) 这首诗是关于我对人生的看法。

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英 [tə'wɔːdz] 美 [tɔːrdz] (1) He dashed across the street and ran towards me.(2) The queue of prisoners shuffled towards the door.(3) She ran towards him with outspread arms.(4) This poem is about my perspective towards life. 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 介词]向；朝；面对 If you move, look, or point towards something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction. Caroline leant across the table towards him...卡罗琳隔着桌子俯身向他靠过来。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。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。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。2[PREP 介词]倾向于；趋向于 If things develop towards a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen.   [PREP n/-ing]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。She also began moving toward a different lifestyle.她也开始转向一种不同的生活方式。…the trend towards couples living together rather than marrying.倾向于同居而不是结婚的趋势3[PREP 介词]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. 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。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。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 介词]将近(某一时刻) If something happens towards a particular time, it happens just before that time. The Channel tunnel was due to open towards the end of 1993...海峡隧道预计 1993 年年底前开通。There was a forecast of cooler weather toward the end of the week.预报称这周末天气会凉下来。5[PREP 介词]接近；靠近 If something is towards part of a place or thing, it is near that part. 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。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 介词]（钱）用于 If you give money towards something, you give it to help pay for that thing. He gave them £50,000 towards a house...他给了他们 5 万英镑用于买房子。71 percent of the entire budget went towards the military…整个预算的 71% 用于了军备。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。

英语单词	towards
英美音标	英 [tə'wɔːdz] 美 [tɔːrdz]
中文释义	prep.向；朝；关于 adj.在即的；有希望的
英语例句	(1) He dashed across the street and ran towards me. (2) The queue of prisoners shuffled towards the door. (3) She ran towards him with outspread arms. (4) This poem is about my perspective towards life.
中文例句	(1) 他冲过马路，向我跑过来。 (2) 那队囚犯拖着沉重的步子向门口蹭去。 (3) 她伸开双臂朝他奔去。 (4) 这首诗是关于我对人生的看法。
柯林斯解释	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 介词]向；朝；面对 If you move, look, or point towards something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction. Caroline leant across the table towards him... 卡罗琳隔着桌子俯身向他靠过来。 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。 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。 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。 2 [PREP 介词]倾向于；趋向于 If things develop towards a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen. [PREP n/-ing] 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。 She also began moving toward a different lifestyle. 她也开始转向一种不同的生活方式。 …the trend towards couples living together rather than marrying. 倾向于同居而不是结婚的趋势 3 [PREP 介词]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. 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。 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。 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 介词]将近(某一时刻) If something happens towards a particular time, it happens just before that time. The Channel tunnel was due to open towards the end of 1993... 海峡隧道预计 1993 年年底前开通。 There was a forecast of cooler weather toward the end of the week. 预报称这周末天气会凉下来。 5 [PREP 介词]接近；靠近 If something is towards part of a place or thing, it is near that part. 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。 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 介词]（钱）用于 If you give money towards something, you give it to help pay for that thing. He gave them £50,000 towards a house... 他给了他们 5 万英镑用于买房子。 71 percent of the entire budget went towards the military… 整个预算的 71% 用于了军备。 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。

Prep 介词 Attitude Ran Move Point End Give