新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

forward

英 [ˈfɔːwəd]

[ADJ, ADV, NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 靠前的
If something or someone is in a forward position they are near the front of something.
双语例句
例：
Reinforcements were needed to allow more troops to move to forward positions.
需要增援以便让更多的部队推进至前沿阵地。
2. 向前的
Forward thinking or planning thinks about what will happen in the future and plans for it.
双语例句
例：
The university system requires more forward planning.
大学体制需要更具前瞻性的规划。

ADV. 副词

1. 向前（移动、看）
If you move or look forward, you move or look in a direction that is in front of you.
双语例句
例：
He came forward with his hand out. 'Mr and Mrs Selby?' he said.
他走上前来伸出手来，“塞尔比先生和夫人吧？”他说。
例：
She fell forward on to her face.
她一头栽倒在地。
2. 靠前地
Forward means in a position near the front of something such as a building or a vehicle.
双语例句
例：
The best seats are in the aisle and as far forward as possible.
最好的座位在过道处尽可能靠前的地方。
3. 向前（看）
If you say that someone looks forward, you approve of them because they think about what will happen in the future and plan for it.
双语例句
例：
Now the leadership wants to look forward, and to outline a strategy for the rest of the century.
现在领导层想要展望未来，为本世纪余下的时间勾画一个战略框架。
例：
People should forget and look forward.
人们应当忘记过去向前看。
4. （把钟表）拨快的 , 调前的
If you move a clock or watch forward, you change the time shown on it so that it shows a later time, for example, when the time changes to daylight saving time.
双语例句
例：
When we put the clocks forward in March we go into daylight saving time.
当我们在3月份把表调快时，我们就进入了夏令时。
5. （从某时刻）起
When you are referring to a particular time, if you say that something was true from that time forward, you mean that it became true at that time, and continued to be true afterwards.
近义词
on
双语例句
例：
Velazquez's work from that time forward was confined largely to portraits of the royal family.
从那以后，委拉斯开兹的作品就大多局限于皇室成员的肖像画了。
6. 向前（进展、进步）
You use forward to indicate that something progresses or improves.
双语例句
例：
And by boosting economic prosperity in Mexico, Canada, and the United States, it will help us move forward on issues that concern all of us.
而且促进墨西哥、加拿大和美国的经济繁荣将有助于解决与我们大家息息相关的诸多问题。
例：
They just couldn't see any way forward.
他们就是看不到任何前进之路。
7. （呈、走）上前 , （提）出来
If something or someone is put forward, or comes forward, they are suggested or offered as suitable for a particular purpose.
双语例句
例：
Over the years several similar theories have been put forward.
多年来几种类似理论被相继提出。
例：
Investigations have ground to a standstill because no witnesses have come forward.
调查已陷入一种停滞状态，因为没有证人出来作证。

NOUN. 名词

forwards
1. [C 可数名词] （足球、曲棍球、篮球等运动的）前锋
In football, hockey, or basketball, a forward is a player whose usual position is in the opponents' half of the field, and whose usual job is to attack or score goals.
双语例句
例：
Junior forward Sam McCracken added 14 points for the home team.
前锋小萨姆·麦克拉肯为主队添了14分。

VERB. 动词

forwards , forwarding , forwarded
1. [T 及物动词] 转发 , 转接
If a letter or message is forwarded to someone, it is sent to the place where they are, after having been sent to a different place earlier.
双语例句
例：
When he's out on the road, office calls are forwarded to the mobile phone in his van.
当他外出在路上时，打到办公室的电话便会转接到他卡车中的移动电话上。