road /rəʊd/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A road is a long piece of hard ground that is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other. 公路

  例：

  There was very little traffic on the roads.

  那时这些公路上车辆很少。

  例：

  We just go straight up the Boston Post Road.

  我们就径直沿着波士顿邮政大道走。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The road to a particular result is the means of achieving it or the process of achieving it. 途径; 过程

  例：

  We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to recovery.

  在复苏的道路上我们一定会经历一些波折起伏。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone is on the road to something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. 在 (取得成功的) 的道路上

  例：

  The government took another step on the road to political reform.

  政府又在政治改革的道路上迈进了一步。

• 4. 

  the end of the road →see end