forward /ˈfɔːwəd/ CET4 TEM4 ( forwarding, forwarded, forwards )

• 1. 

  ADV If you move or look forward, you move or look in a direction that is in front of you. 向前 (移动、看) [ADV after v]

  例：

  He came forward with his hand out. "Mr. and Mrs. Selby?" he said.

  他伸着手走上前来，“塞尔比先生和夫人吧？”他说。

  例：

  She fell forward on to her face.

  她脸着地向前摔倒了。

• 2. 

  ADV Forward means in a position near the front of something such as a building or a vehicle. 靠前地

  例：

  The best seats are in the aisle and as far forward as possible.

  最好的座位在过道处尽可能靠前的地方。

• 3. 

  ADJ Forward is also an adjective. 靠前的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Reinforcements were needed to allow more troops to move to forward positions.

  需要增援以便让更多的部队推进至前沿阵地。

• 4. 

  ADV 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. (看) 向前地 [表赞许]

  例：

  Now the leadership wants to look forward, and to outline a strategy for the rest of the century.

  现在领导层想要向前看，为本世纪余下的时间勾画一个战略框架。

  例：

  People should forget and look forward.

  人们应当忘记过去向前看。

• 5. 

  ADJ Forward is also an adjective. 向前的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The university system requires more forward planning.

  大学体制要求更具前瞻性的规划。

• 6. 

  ADV If you move 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 daylight saving time. (拨钟表) 向前地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  When we put the clocks forward in March we go into daylight saving time.

  当我们在3月份把钟向前拨以后，我们就进入了夏令时。

• 7. 

  ADV 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 afterward. (从某时刻) 起 ['from' n ADV]

  例：

  Velzquez's work from that time forward was confined largely to portraits of the royal family.

  从那以后，委拉斯开兹的作品就很大程度上仅限于王室的肖像画了。

• 8. 

  ADV You use forward to indicate that something progresses or improves. 向前 (进展、进步)

  例：

  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.

  而且通过推动墨西哥、加拿大和美国的经济繁荣，它将会帮助我们在解决与我们大家有关的问题上取得进展。

  例：

  They just couldn't see any way forward.

  他们就是看不到任何前进之路。

• 9. 

  ADV If something or someone is put forward, or comes forward, they are suggested or offered as suitable for a particular purpose. (呈、走) 上前; (提) 出来 [ADV after v]

  例：

  Over the years several similar theories have been put forward.

  多年来几种类似理论被提了出来。

  例：

  Investigations have ground to a standstill because no witnesses have come forward.

  调查已陷入一种停滞状态，因为没有证人出来作证。

• 10. 

  V-T 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. 转发

  例：

  When he's out on the road, office calls are forwarded to the cellular phone in his truck.

  当他外出在路上时，打到办公室的电话便被转到他卡车中的移动电话上。

• 11. 

  N-COUNT In basketball, football, 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. (篮球、足球、曲棍球等运动的) 前锋

  例：

  Junior forward Sam McCracken added 14 points for the home team.

  前锋小萨姆·麦克拉肯为主队添了14分。

• 12. 

  backward and forward →see backward