towards

英 [t?'w??dz; tw??dz; 't??dz] 美[t?rdz]

CET6高頻詞核心詞匯

towards 朝，向，接近

toward,朝向，-s,副詞所有格。

towards: towards: [OE] The suffix -ward or -wards, which underlies towards, forward, and a host of other English adverbs and adjectives, comes from a prehistoric Germanic *-warth. This in turn goes back to the Indo-European base *wert- ‘turn’ (source also of English convert, version, etc) – so etymologically, towards denotes ‘turning to’ something.
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towards (adv.): Old English toweards, from toweard (adj.) "coming, facing, approaching" (see toward) + adverbial genitive ending.

1. Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness.: 不要等待好事降臨，你要向幸福進(jìn)發(fā)。

2. I was on my own and these fellows came along towards me.: 我正一個(gè)人走著，一些家伙朝我走過(guò)來(lái)。

3. Mark had for some time been making advances towards her.: 馬克追她已經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間了。

4. He tramped hurriedly round the lake towards the garden.: 他匆匆地邁著沉重的步伐繞過(guò)湖邊向花園走去。

5. Traditionally young Asians in Britain have gravitated towards medicine, law and engineering.: 英國(guó)的亞裔年輕人通常被吸引到醫(yī)學(xué)、法律及工程專(zhuān)業(yè)。