towards

英语

词源

继承自中古英语 towardes，继承自古英语 tōweardes、tōwærdes，等价于 toward +‎ -s (副词后缀)。

发音

• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助)：/təˈwɔːdz/, [tʰə̥ˈwɔːdz]

  (传统) 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈtɔːdz/

• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助)：/tʊˈwɔɹdz/, /ˈtɔɹdz/, /ˈtoʊɚdz/, [tʰə̥ˈwɔɹ̠d̠z], [tʰw̥ɔɹ̠d̠z]
• (新西兰) 国际音标^(帮助)：/tɘˈwoːdz/, [tʰɘ̥ˈwoːdz], [tʰw̥oːdz]

• 音频（美国）

  （文档）

• 韵部：-ɔː(ɹ)dz, -oːdz
• 断字：to‧wards

介词

towards

1. toward的另一种写法

   近义词： toward

   反义词： fromward、fromwards

   • 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1，页号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，页号 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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用法说明

• Template:U:en:toward

参见

• 参见 w:en:Adverbial genitive

副词

towards (不可比)

1. 朝着指定的方向
   • 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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形容词

towards (无比较级)

1. 靠近的；眼前的
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中古英语

介词

towards

1. towardes的另一种写法