abreast
英 [?'brest]
美[?'br?st]
- adv. 并肩地；并列
- adj. 并排的；肩并肩的
CET6+TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
中文詞源
abreast 并排
來(lái)自短語(yǔ)on breast.
英文詞源
- abreast (adv.)
- mid-15c., on brest, from a- (1) + breast (n.); the notion is of "with breasts in line." To keep abreast in figurative sense of "stay up-to-date" is from 1650s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. As they reached the start-finish line Prost jinked right and drew abreast.
- 當(dāng)他們接近起止線時(shí)，普羅斯特猛向右轉(zhuǎn)，兩輛車(chē)并排駛過(guò)了終點(diǎn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. As he drew abreast of the man he pretended to stumble.
- 當(dāng)他趕上那個(gè)男人時(shí)，他裝出了要跌倒的樣子。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Ellen would keep me abreast of the progress by phone.
- 埃倫會(huì)通過(guò)電話(huà)及時(shí)向我通報(bào)進(jìn)展情況。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He will be keeping abreast of the news.
- 他將時(shí)刻關(guān)注最新消息。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. We'll keep you abreast of developments.
- 我們會(huì)隨時(shí)告知你最新進(jìn)展。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句