abreast

[ə'brest]

adv.并肩地, 跟上

例句与用法：

A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.

三驾马车由三匹马并肩拉的俄国式马车

Over the first four laps, Bedford stayed abreast of the German runner.

在头四圈里，贝德福德一直与那名德国赛跑选手并驾齐驱。

The ships were abreast of the fort.

那些船与炮台处于同一水平位置。

词形变化：

名词: abreaction | 动词过去式: abreacted | 动词过去分词: abreacted | 动词现在分词: abreacting | 动词第三人称单数: abreacts |

详细释义：

ad.

1. (朝同一方向)并列, 并排

Read the papers if you want to keep abreast of the times.

你想跟上时代就得读报。

2. 并肩

They walked home two abreast.

他俩肩并肩地走回家去。

短语词组：

keep/be abreast of/with

1. 保持与……并列

They always keep abreast of what is going on by reading the newspaper.

他们总是通过读报纸及时了解情况。