towards
英語[编辑]
詞源[编辑]
繼承自中古英語 towardes，繼承自古英語 tōweardes、tōwærdes，等價於 toward + -s (副詞後綴)。
發音[编辑]
- (標準英音) 國際音標(幫助)：/təˈwɔːdz/, [tʰə̥ˈwɔːdz]
- (通用美式) 國際音標(幫助)：/tʊˈwɔɹdz/, /ˈtɔɹdz/, /ˈtoʊɚdz/, [tʰə̥ˈwɔɹ̠d̠z], [tʰw̥ɔɹ̠d̠z]
- (新西蘭) 國際音標(幫助)：/tɘˈwoːdz/, [tʰɘ̥ˈwoːdz], [tʰw̥oːdz]
音頻（美國） （文檔） - 韻部：-ɔː(ɹ)dz, -oːdz
- 斷字：to‧wards
介詞[编辑]
towards
- toward的另一種寫法
- 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1，頁號s 284–5:
- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
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- 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, 出自 Trains Illustrated，頁號 752:
- To the left towers the Jungfrau, with the train heading directly towards it.
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- 2011 10月 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0-2 Liverpool”, 出自 BBC Sport:
- But with Goodison Park openly directing its full hostility towards Atkinson, Liverpool went ahead when Carroll turned in his first Premier League goal of the season after 70 minutes.
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參見[编辑]
副詞[编辑]
towards (不可比)
- 朝著指定的方向
- 1590, 埃德蒙·斯宾塞, “Book II, Canto IV”, 出自 仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]）, London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Thus as he spake, lo far away they spyde / A varlet running towards hastily […]
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形容詞[编辑]
towards (無比較級)
中古英語[编辑]
介詞[编辑]
towards
- towardes的另一種寫法