abreast 中文

EN[əˈbɹɛst]
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Definition of abreast in English Dictionary

• 形容词 (Adjective)COMmore abreastSUPmost abreast+-
  1. Side by side, facing forward.
  2. (figuratively) Alongside; parallel to.
  3. Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
  4. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of.
  5. (nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam.
• 副词 (Adverb)COMmore abreastSUPmost abreast+-
  1. Side by side and facing forward.
     1. On Sunday afternoon it was as dark as night, with barely room for two riders abreast on a gradient that touches 20%.
  2. (figuratively) Alongside; parallel to.
  3. Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
  4. Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced.
     1. She believes it is important to keep abreast of new scientific developments.
  5. (nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam.
  6. (obsolete) At the same time; simultaneously.
     1. Abreast therewith began a convocation.
• 介系词 (Preposition)
  1. Abreast of; alongside.
     1. This ship sank abreast the island.
• 更多范例
  1. 用于句中
     • At dawn of day, (17th) we got underweigh and steered through the islands; at noon, we were abreast of Termination Island, the latitude of which we found to be 34 degrees 32 minutes.

• 词类阶层 (Part-of-Speech Hierarchy)
  1. 形容词
  2. 副词
  3. 介系词

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