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

• This research furthers our understanding of the complex physical, psychological and emotional relationship we have with food.
  这项研究进一步加强我们的理解复杂的生理，心理和情感上的联系，我们的食物。
• The translation of Buddhist sutras serves as the main medium, and the development of religions furthers the tendency.
  佛经的翻译为一大媒介，宗教的发展促成了诗歌的白话倾向。
• To help a new student get oriented furthers the comity of the school.
  为了帮助新学生更深的融到到学校大环境里。
• 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。
• 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。
• Meanwhile he furthers to the analysis of the standards to diagnose psychopathic personality, its causes and correction.
  此外，对变态人格的诊断标准、形成原因及其矫正也作了全面的分析与介绍。
• Therefore the added statement that perseverance furthers.
  因此，更加要强调坚持的重要性了。
• There is an embarrassing lack of empirical research on the issue of the mechanism bywhich copyright law furthers the end of the public welfare designated in the constitution.
  宪法中著作权条款是用来最终提高公共福利的，对此机制，一直缺乏经验主义研究。
• 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。
• Government allows free enterprise but only when it furthers the goals of the state ( the gov't).
  S政府允许自由企业但只有当它进一步加强国家的目标（州长）。