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单词 progress
释义 progress
I. prog·ress \ˈprä]grə̇s, ]ˌgres, sometimes ˈprō]\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English progresse, from Latin progressus advance, from progressus, past participle of progredi to go forth, go forward, advance, from pro- forward + -gredi (from gradi to step, go) — more at pro-, grade
1.
 a.
  (1) : a royal journey or tour marked by pomp and pageant
   < a staff of clerks accompanied the king on his progresses — F.M.Stenton >
  (2) : a state procession
   < at last all was ready for my progress — George VI >
 b. : an official journey or circuit
  < these men of law … on a progress from court to court — Van Wyck Brooks >
 c. : a journeying forward : an expedition, journey, or march through a region : tour
  < balls, dinners and crowds of beautiful women attended his progressTime >
2.
 a. : an advance or movement to an objective or toward a goal : purposeful getting or going ahead
  < when impeded in their progress, these people suddenly ceased muttering — E.A.Poe >
  < a fishing boat made a slow progress — Elizabeth Bowen >
  < progress to the presidency and chairmanship of the board — Current Biography >
 b. : a movement onward (as in time or space) : a forward course : progression
  < the daily progress of the sun >
  < the progress of a disease >
  < we make progress — we pass from night to morning — Edmund Wilson >
3. Scots law : succession in right to a feudal estate : the abstract of title with the deeds evidencing such succession
4.
 a. : the action or process of advancing or improving by marked stages or degrees : gradual betterment; especially : the progressive development or evolution of mankind
  < there was a general belief in inevitable and universal progress — John Berger >
  < found in civil law principles … the analogies that were needed to smooth the path of progress — B.N.Cardozo >
 b. : a theory that change from old to new is essential to progress

- in progress
II. pro·gress \prəˈgres, prōˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: partly from progress (I); partly from Latin progressus, past participle of progredi
intransitive verb
1. : to make a journey; especially : to make a royal progress
2. : to move forward : to proceed or advance from place to place, point to point, or step to step
 < simply progress from one place to another as her fancy dictated — Louis Bromfield >
 < the fireplace is progressing, but not finished yet — Rachel Henning >
3. : to develop to a higher, better, or more advanced stage : make continual improvements
 < deductive reasoning had to be combined with the methods of experimentation … before science could progress — J.B.Conant >
4. : to proceed from one musical note or tone to the next
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to pass over or through
2. : to cause to progress : push forward : advance
 < a really big housing program cannot be successfully progressedAmericana Annual >
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