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PREP
向;朝;面对
If you move, look, or point towards something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction.
例句
Caroline leant across the table towards him...
卡罗琳隔着桌子俯身向他靠过来。
Anne left Artie and walked down the corridor towards the foyer...
安妮离开阿蒂，沿着走廊朝休息室走去。
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PREP
倾向于；趋向于
If things develop towards a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen.
例句
The talks made little evident progress towards agreement...
会谈在达成一致方面几乎没有取得明显进展。
She also began moving toward a different lifestyle.
她也开始转向一种不同的生活方式。
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PREP
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.
例句
It's the business of the individual to determine his own attitude towards religion...
对宗教持何种态度是个人的事情。
Not everyone in the world will be kind and caring towards you...
并非世上每个人都会对你友善关心。
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PREP
将近(某一时刻)
If something happens towards a particular time, it happens just before that time.
例句
The Channel tunnel was due to open towards the end of 1993...
海峡隧道预计 1993 年年底前开通。
There was a forecast of cooler weather toward the end of the week.
预报称这周末天气会凉下来。
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PREP
接近；靠近
If something is towards part of a place or thing, it is near that part.
例句
The home of the Morgan family was up Gloucester Road, towards the top of the hill...
摩根家族的住宅在格洛斯特路接近山顶的地方。
The most popular items are located toward the back of the store.
最受欢迎的产品放在靠近商店最里面的地方。
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PREP
（钱）用于
If you give money towards something, you give it to help pay for that thing.
例句
He gave them ￡50,000 towards a house...
他给了他们 5 万英镑用于买房子。
71 percent of the entire budget went towards the military…
整个预算的 71% 用于了军备。