英 [təˈwɔːd] 美 [tɔːrd]
prep. 向；趋向；对于；接近（时间）；靠近；用于，为了（同towards）
adj. 即将来到的，进行中的
n. （Toward）（美、加、沙特）特沃德
toward / təˈwɔːd/ CET4 TEM4
介词 If you move, look, or point toward something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction. 向
They were all moving toward him down the stairs.
他们都正朝着他走下楼梯。
When he looked toward me, I smiled and waved.
他朝我看时，我微笑着挥了挥手。
介词 If things develop toward a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen. 趋向
The agreement is a major step toward peace.
这项协议是走向和平的一大步。
介词 If you have a particular attitude toward something or someone, you have that attitude when you think about them or deal with them. 对
My attitude toward religion has been shaped by this man.
我对宗教的态度受到了这个男人的影响。
介词 If something happens toward a particular time, it happens just before that time. 接近 (时间)
There was a forecast of cooler weather toward the end of the week.
天气预报说接近周末时天气会更凉爽。
介词 If something is toward part of a place or thing, it is near that part. 靠近
Gulls are nesting on a small island toward the eastern shore.
海鸥正在靠近东海岸的一个小岛上筑巢。
介词 If you give money toward something, you give it to help pay for that thing. (钱) 用于
Taxes only get part of the way toward a $50 billion deficit.
税收只会部分解决500亿美元的赤字。
Toward Lighthouse and Foghorn Building
目前隔断打算中的新赛季(Season)训练营最先光阴尚有方圆的岁月，杜德利固然透露此刻商讨立场平静况且朝着(Toward)主动的倾向起色，但仍然有点担忧。相见争如不见，有情何似无情。
即使是当我努力地向着(Toward)自己的梦想飞奔(Dash)的时候，那种孤独的感觉始终牵扯着，怎么也无力摆脱，或许，做一个上帝的使者，注定(Doomed)是要孤独的。
... 某一个帝王的统治时期〖emperor’sreign〗 表示动作针对的方向〖on;toward〗 另见zhāo ...
... 为了〖for;forthesakeof〗 表示动作行为所向,可译为“向”、“对”、“朝”〖facingto;toward〗 另见wéi ...
She turned back toward home.
她折了回来往家走去。
I took a step toward him.
我朝他迈出了一步。
He headed downhill toward the river.
他朝山脚下的小河走去。
The center of the museum is open, so people can look up toward the roof or down toward the ground floor.
VOA : special.2009.04.06
Now this may suggest a certain condescension both toward theory and toward literary text, which is not at all intended.
选择这篇文章也许意味着,要对理论和文本进行一定的浓缩，这一点不是我想要的。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Thus isolated, thus removed, the vision acquired an especially keen charm that made me race with all speed toward my lone gratification.
如此形影相吊，如此销魂，这景色生出,一种勾人心魄的诱惑力，促使我全速跑向,我孤独的尤物。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Historians say a trial in the colony of New York in seventeen thirty-five went a long way toward establishing this freedom.
VOA : special.2009.04.20
Rivers on the east side of the Potomac Highlands flow into the Potomac River and continue on toward the Atlantic Ocean.
VOA : special.2009.07.20
This has caused difficulties with Bolivia, which takes a more guarded stance toward trade liberalization.
Consider the disparity in the relative chunks of income that go toward food and drink.
The crowds are convivial and loathe to leave as the clock ticks toward last call.