towards

英[təˈwɔːdz]美[tɔːrdz]

prep.向，朝，对着，倾向于，关于，用于，将近，接近；

英语六级真题

Their behaviors do not tend towards mental problems.

But an array of countries are rushing to assert greater influence here, with an eye not just towards the day those protective treaties expire, but also for the strategic and commercial opportunities that already exist.

As a global society, therefore, tackling food waste will help contribute towards addressing a number of key resource issues.

In the modem industrialised agricultural process—which developing nations are moving towards in order to increase future yields—energy usage in the making and application of fertilisers and pesticides represents the single biggest component

A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been eradicated completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management – at least in America and Europe.

It is shifting towards more collaborative models

Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americans As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders

whites' attitude towards blacks has dramatically changed

But towards late afternoon, rain will spread from Scotland to cover most parts by midnight.

An attitude is a settled way of thinking, feeling and/or behaving towards particular objects, people, events or ideologies.

And it goes some way towards explaining why books about swimming, in which people tackle icy lakes, and overcome oceans while reflecting on their lives have recently become so popular.

Andy Holder—the chief economist at The Bank of England—suggested that the UK move towards a government-backed digital currency.

If you take a look at his biography, you can get a good idea of how his life experiences manifest themselves in his theories of beauty, specifically, the way he looked towards nature as the origin of what we find beautiful.

Many people assume that our attitudes are internally consistent, that is, the way you think and feel about someone or something predicts your behavior towards them.

Mathematicians, by contrast, tend historically towards solitude.

Our research team has been looking at cultural differences in self-enhancing motivations, helping people have positive feelings towards not only themselves, but things connected to themselves.

since the former is most common among those inclined towards indifferent relationships, their predominance can bolster individuals' sense of self-worth.

Smartphone-based data collection comes at an appropriate time in the evolution of psychological science Today, the field is in transition, moving away from a focus on laboratory studies with undergraduate participants towards more complex, real-world situ

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

PREP

向;朝;面对

If you move, look, or point towards something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction.

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倾向于；趋向于

If things develop towards a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen.

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对;对于;关于

If you have a particular attitude towards something or someone, you have that attitude when you think about them or deal with them.

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将近(某一时刻)

If something happens towards a particular time, it happens just before that time.

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接近；靠近

If something is towards part of a place or thing, it is near that part.

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（钱）用于

If you give money towards something, you give it to help pay for that thing.

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英汉词典释义

prep.

向, 朝

为了;有助于;用于

对于, 关于

接近；将近；大约

以…为目标（或目的）；用于