furthers

英 [ˈfɜːðəz]

美 [ˈfɜːrðərz]

v.  促进; 增进
further的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

Furtheris a comparative form offar. It is also a verb.
further 是 far 的比较级，亦用作动词。

• ADV-COMPAR 进一步地;在更大程度上;在更大范围内
  Furthermeans to a greater extent or degree.
  1. Inflation is below 5% and set to fall further...
     通货膨胀率在 5%以下，而且还将进一步下降。
  2. The rebellion is expected to further damage the country's image...
     预计叛乱将会进一步破坏这个国家的形象。
  3. The government's economic policies have further depressed living standards.
     政府的经济政策愈加降低了人们的生活水平。
• ADV-COMPAR (发展中)进一步地，向前推进地
  If you go or getfurtherwithsomething, or take somethingfurther, you make some progress.
  1. They lacked the scientific personnel to develop the technical apparatus much further.
     他们缺少能够进一步研发这一技术装置的科研人员。
• ADV-COMPAR (讨论中)进一步地，更极端地，更彻底地
  If someone goesfurtherin a discussion, they make a more extreme statement or deal with a point more thoroughly.
  1. On February 7th the Post went further, claiming that Mr Wood had grabbed and kissed another 13 women...
     2 月 7 日的《邮报》走得更远，声称伍德先生还强行抓住亲吻过另外 13 名女性。
  2. To have a better comparison, we need to go further and address such issues as repairs and insurance.
     为了更好地作出比较，我们需要深入考虑维修、保险等问题。
• ADJ 更多的;附加的;另外的
  Afurtherthing, number of things, or amount of something is an additional thing, number of things, or amount.
  1. His speech provides further evidence of his increasingly authoritarian approach...
     他的讲话更加证明了他变得越来越独裁。
  2. They believed there were likely to be further attacks...
     他们认为很可能会有更多的袭击。
  3. There was nothing further to be done for this man.
     对于这个男人再没什么能做的了。
• ADV-COMPAR (距离上)更远地，再往前地
  Furthermeans a greater distance than before or than something else.
  1. Now we live further away from the city centre...
     现在我们住得离市中心更远了。
  2. He came to a halt at a crossroads fifty yards further on...
     他在往前 50 码远的十字路口停了下来。
  3. An old man shuffled out of a doorway further along the corridor...
     一位老先生拖着步子从走廊更远处的一个门口走了出来。
  4. Further to the south are some of the island's loveliest unspoilt coves.
     再往南走有一些这个岛上尚未被破坏的迷人小海湾。
• ADV-COMPAR (时间上)更(早或晚)
  Furtheris used in expressions such as 'further back' and 'further ahead' to refer to a point in time that is earlier or later than the time you are talking about.
  1. Looking still further ahead, by the end of the next century world population is expected to be about ten billion.
     再往前看，到下个世纪末世界人口预计将达约 100 亿。
• VERB 促进;推进;增进
  If youfurthersomething, you help it to progress, to be successful, or to be achieved.
  1. In return, they are themselves accused of furthering their own (leftist) political interests...
     作为回应，他们自己也被指责推动自己的(左翼)政治利益。
  2. Education needn't only be about furthering your career.
     受教育并不一定只是要推进一个人的事业。
• ADV 而且;再者;此外
  You usefurtherto introduce a statement that relates to the same general topic and that gives additional information or makes an additional point.
  1. Dodd made no appeal of his death sentence and, further, instructed his attorney to sue anyone who succeeds in delaying his execution.
     多德没有对自己的死刑判决提起上诉，而且他还要求自己的律师起诉任何成功使得这一死刑暂缓执行的人。
• PREP-PHRASE (用于书信中)关于贵方信中所提/关于我们所谈到的
  Further tois used in letters in expressions such as 'further to your letter' or 'further to our conversation', in order to indicate what you are referring to in the letter.
  1. Further to your letter, I agree that there are some presentational problems, politically speaking.
     正如贵方信中所提到的，我也认为从政治角度来说，有一些词语表意上的问题。

双语例句

• While this aspect furthers your individual ego-expression, it also allows you to cooperate in gaining whatever you wish to gain together.
  这段关系也助长了你们个人的自我表达，它能让你们合作去实现共同的愿望。
• Moreove, in recent years the NOCs have used their political clout to become the principal force behind a "going out" policy that furthers their economic interests.
  而且，最近几年国家石油企业利用他们的政治影响力成为“走出去”政策的主力军，这一政策进一步扩大了他们的经济利益。
• In this way, it furthers the basic category and the inherent special nature of this crime.
  从而将信息犯罪的基本范畴及其内在特殊属性的研究引向深入。
• He is capable of anything if it furthers his ambition.
  只要有助于实现他的抱负，他什么都做得出来。
• Furthers the empowerment of women, especially as it contributes to health;
  进一步增进妇女的权力，特别是因为这有助于健康；
• And it furthers some ideas on how to play a more important role of video files in the classroom teaching of law.
  并对进一步发挥视频资料在辅助法学课堂教学中的作用提出了设想。
• A person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career.
  接受一个促进他的事业生涯更远的发展的有影响的赞助人或资助人支援或保护的人。
• The network furthers the distance among friend and me.
  网络拉近了我和朋友间的距离。
• Educational exchange in both directions furthers business and cultural ties between the United States and other countries.
  双向教育交流进一步加强了美国和其他国家间的商务和文化联系。
• As the birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago continues to be the leader in innovative architecture and TILT furthers that tradition.
  作为摩天大厦的诞生地，芝加哥在创新建筑的建设上一直处于领先地位，TILT是这种传统的延续。