英语词汇“toward”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	toward
释义	toward I. \ˈt]ō(ə)rd, ]ȯ(ə)rd, ]ōəd, ]ȯ(ə)d also ˈtw] or təˈwȯ(ə)rd or təˈwȯ(ə)d\ adjective Etymology: toward from Middle English, from Old English tōweard facing, approaching, imminent, from tō, preposition, to + -weard -ward; towards from Middle English towardes, alteration (influenced by towardes, preposition, toward) of toward — more at to 1. also towards a. : being about to take place : coming soon : being prepared < could waddle fast enough if a meal was toward — Kylie Tennant > < we have a trifling foolish banquet towards — Shakespeare > b. obsolete : threatening to happen : imminent < have you heard of no likely wars toward — Shakespeare > c. : happening at the moment : afoot < saw that there was a jest toward and joined in — Charles Kingsley > d. : being planned or plotted — used predicatively < the Governments … were privy to what was toward — Hilaire Belloc > 2. a. obsolete : quick to learn : apt, promising < spoken like a toward prince — Shakespeare > b. obsolete : well-disposed, amiable, obliging < hath hitherto been very tractable and toward — Richard Steele > c. : favoring, propitious < a toward breeze > II. preposition or towards \-dz\ Etymology: toward from Middle English, from Old English tōweard, adverb & preposition, from tōweard, adjective; towards from Middle English towardes, from Old English tōweardes, alteration (influence of -es -s, gen. suffix) of tōweard, adjective 1. a. : in the direction of : to a point approaching < driving toward town > < troops heading toward the front > < comes toward me — Willa Carter > < watch him lean over the dresser toward the … mirror — R.P.Warren > b. obsolete : to 1a(1) < shall we toward the Tower — Shakespeare > 2. a. : along a course leading to : with a view to gaining : to the end or purpose of < a long stride toward disarmament > < a tendency toward mischief > < the pressure toward conformity > < looking toward a mastery of the technique > < working toward his doctorate > < beginnings toward the formation of his own philosophy of life — H.F.West > < toward the goal of uniting all men of good will — Harper's > b. : in relation to : in the treatment or handling of < an attitude toward life > < measures taken toward the colonies > < impartiality toward the two — A.C.Sedgwick > < with malice toward none — Abraham Lincoln > < the bias of many economists toward government intervention — E.L.Dale > < an emotional block toward mathematics — P.B.Sears > c. usually towards : in comparison with : with respect to < how does it stand towards my past — Thomas Hardy > d. : in sympathy or affection for < felt drawn toward her without knowing why > e. : in tolerance for : in the presence of < sensitized toward tuberculin > < stable toward … alkalies and solvents — H.J.Wolfe > 3. a. : at a point in the direction of : near < took a cottage somewhere up toward the Cape > < out toward the blue-black ocean — William Beebe > b. : in such a position as to face : presented to : facing < pass the knife with the handle toward the diner > < his back was toward me > < lower left with face toward camera — New York Times > < with its northern outlook toward the … Mountains — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > 4. : at a time not long before : just prior to < toward the end of the presidential campaign > < toward the dinner hour > < one afternoon toward sundown — G.M.Smith > 5. a. : in the way of help or assistance in : in furtherance of < apply them toward the solution of particular problems — W.L.Howard > < would do what he could toward getting supper ready — W.D.Steele > b. : for the partial payment of : in defraying the costs of < credited toward the cost of your flight — Richard Joseph > < proceeds go toward the provision of a scholarship > 6. obsolete : in view or in store for < something good was toward me — Henry Fielding > 7. usually towards : on the verge of : about, approximately < there are towards six hundred persons — Edmund Burke >
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