toward / təˈwɔːd/ (also towards) CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PREP If you move, look, or point toward something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction. 向

  例：

  They were all moving toward him down the stairs.

  他们都正朝着他走下楼梯。

  例：

  When he looked toward me, I smiled and waved.

  他朝我看时，我微笑着挥了挥手。

• 2. 

  PREP If things develop toward a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen. 趋向 [PREP n/-ing]

  例：

  The agreement is a major step toward peace.

  这项协议是走向和平的一大步。

• 3. 

  PREP If you have a particular attitude toward something or someone, you have that attitude when you think about them or deal with them. 对

  例：

  My attitude toward religion has been shaped by this man.

  我对宗教的态度受到了这个男人的影响。

• 4. 

  PREP If something happens toward a particular time, it happens just before that time. 接近 (时间)

  例：

  There was a forecast of cooler weather toward the end of the week.

  天气预报说接近周末时天气会更凉爽。

• 5. 

  PREP If something is toward part of a place or thing, it is near that part. 靠近

  例：

  Gulls are nesting on a small island toward the eastern shore.

  海鸥正在靠近东海岸的一个小岛上筑巢。

• 6. 

  PREP If you give money toward something, you give it to help pay for that thing. (钱) 用于

  例：

  Taxes only get part of the way toward a $50 billion deficit.

  税收只会部分解决500亿美元的赤字。