toward，英语单词，主要用作介词、形容词和名词，主要意思为“向；趋向；对于；即将来到的”等。

英 [təˈwɔːd] 美 [tɔːrd]

prep. 向；趋向；对于；接近（时间）；靠近；用于，为了（同towards）

adj. 即将来到的，进行中的

n. （Toward）（美、加、沙特）特沃德

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

toward / təˈwɔːd/ (also towards) CET4 TEM4

1.PREP If you move, look, or point toward something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction. 向

2.PREP If things develop toward a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen. 趋向 [PREP n/-ing]

3.PREP If you have a particular attitude toward something or someone, you have that attitude when you think about them or deal with them. 对

4.PREP If something happens toward a particular time, it happens just before that time. 接近 (时间)

5.PREP If something is toward part of a place or thing, it is near that part. 靠近

6.PREP If you give money toward something, you give it to help pay for that thing. (钱) 用于

go toward 朝...方向走去

make toward 向…延伸；向…前进

Regression toward the mean 趋中回归 ; 趋均数回归趋均数归 ; 均值回归 ; 回归到平均值

toward prep 接近 ; 对于

RUN TOWARD THE FLAME 赴汤蹈火

Toward the Sun 迎着朝阳 ; 朝向太阳 ; 向着太阳 ; 奔向太阳

RUN TOWARD THE FIRE 向火奔跑

Toward everybody you meet 面对芸芸众生 ; 面临芸芸众生

attitude toward 意见 ; 对 ; 对…的态度 ; 的态度

toward this end 为此目的 ; 为此 ; 为了实现这一目标