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): (檔案) - 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.
- 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.
- 2011年10月1日, 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.
用法說明
[编辑]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 […]
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