单词 | abreast |
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音标 | [ə'brest] |
解释 | adv.并列,并排 |
红宝书 | 【英】 并列,并排(side by side);跟上某事物( remain up to date with sth.) 【记】 a+breast(胸) →胸和胸并排 【例】 keep abreast of current affairs |
字源 | abreast (adv.) mid-15c., on brest, from a- (1) + breast (n.); the notion is of "with breasts in line." To keep abreast in figurative sense of "stay up-to-date" is from 1650s. |
不择手段背单词 | adv. 并肩地, 并排地 【例】to march abreast 并肩前进You should keep abreast with the science 你们应当赶上科学的发展. 【记】a一对, breast乳房―并排地 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】a + breast 并胸,运动员赛跑时胸是并排的 |
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