| 释义 |
goalwards, adv. orig. and chiefly Sport.
Brit. |ˈgəʊlwədz|, U.S. |ˈgoʊlwərdz|
[‹ goal n. + -wards suffix. Compare earlier goalward adj.]
Towards a (or the) goal.
1894Manitoba Morning Free Press 22 Jan. 3/3 Macdonell, who was following closely behind sent the puck goalwards, and the umpire's hand went up. 1922Times 15 Apr. 5/5 One of his shots, turned goalwards unhesitatingly from a centre by Dimmock, was particularly good. 1981College Eng. 43 475 Mainly the term derives from Hegel, pulling the plug from his historical, teleological dialectics and letting it operate on pure mental energy, as ‘negative dialectics’, goalwards progressing to no goal. 2003Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Jan. 2 Apart from Lovenkrands' early effort, the best chance arrived when Parker's cross was headed goalwards by Connolly. |