单词 | progress |
释义 | progress I. prog·ress 1. a. (1) < a staff of clerks accompanied the king on his progresses — F.M.Stenton > (2) < at last all was ready for my progress — George VI > b. < these men of law … on a progress from court to court — Van Wyck Brooks > c. < balls, dinners and crowds of beautiful women attended his progress — Time > 2. a. < 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. < 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 4. a. < 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. • - in progress II. pro·gress intransitive verb 1. 2. < simply progress from one place to another as her fancy dictated — Louis Bromfield > < the fireplace is progressing, but not finished yet — Rachel Henning > 3. < deductive reasoning had to be combined with the methods of experimentation … before science could progress — J.B.Conant > 4. transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. < a really big housing program cannot be successfully progressed — Americana Annual > |
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