forward

1. ADV If you move or look forward, you move or look in a direction that is in front of you. 向前 (移動、看)[ADV after v]

He came forward with his hand out. "Mr. and Mrs. Selby?" he said. 他伸著手走上前來，“塞爾比先生和夫人吧？”他說。

She fell forward on to her face. 她臉著地向前摔倒了。

2. ADV Forward means in a position near the front of something such as a building or a vehicle. 靠前地

The best seats are in the aisle and as far forward as possible. 最好的座位在過道處盡可能靠前的地方。

3. ADJ Forward is also an adjective. 靠前的[ADJ n]

Reinforcements were needed to allow more troops to move to forward positions. 需要增援以便讓更多的部隊推進至前沿陣地。

4. ADV 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. (看) 向前地[表贊許]

Now the leadership wants to look forward, and to outline a strategy for the rest of the century. 現(xiàn)在領導層想要向前看，為本世紀余下的時間勾畫一個戰(zhàn)略框架。

People should forget and look forward. 人們應當忘記過去向前看。

5. ADJ Forward is also an adjective. 向前的[ADJ n]

The university system requires more forward planning. 大學體制要求更具前瞻性的規(guī)劃。

6. ADV 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. (撥鐘表) 向前地[ADV after v]

When we put the clocks forward in March we go into daylight saving time. 當我們在3月份把鐘向前撥以后，我們就進入了夏令時。

7. ADV 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 afterward. (從某時刻) 起['from' n ADV]

Velzquez's work from that time forward was confined largely to portraits of the royal family. 從那以后，委拉斯開茲的作品就很大程度上僅限于王室的肖像畫了。

8. ADV You use forward to indicate that something progresses or improves. 向前 (進展、進步)

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. 而且通過推動墨西哥、加拿大和美國的經(jīng)濟繁榮，它將會幫助我們在解決與我們大家有關的問題上取得進展。

They just couldn't see any way forward. 他們就是看不到任何前進之路。

9. ADV If something or someone is put forward, or comes forward, they are suggested or offered as suitable for a particular purpose. (呈、走) 上前; (提) 出來[ADV after v]

Over the years several similar theories have been put forward. 多年來幾種類似理論被提了出來。

Investigations have ground to a standstill because no witnesses have come forward. 調(diào)查已陷入一種停滯狀態(tài)，因為沒有證人出來作證。

10. V-T 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. 轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)

When he's out on the road, office calls are forwarded to the cellular phone in his truck. 當他外出在路上時，打到辦公室的電話便被轉(zhuǎn)到他卡車中的移動電話上。

11. N-COUNT In basketball, football, or hockey, 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. (籃球、足球、曲棍球等運動的) 前鋒

Junior forward Sam McCracken added 14 points for the home team. 前鋒小薩姆·麥克拉肯為主隊添了14分。

12. backward and forward→see backward