| 单词 | progress |
| 释义 | progress n. /prog"res, -reuhs/ or, esp. Brit., /proh"gres/; v. /preuh gres"/, n. 1. a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree. 2. developmental activity in science, technology, etc., esp. with reference to the commercial opportunities created thereby or to the promotion of the material well-being of the public through the goods, techniques, or facilities created. 3. advancement in general. 4. growth or development; continuous improvement: He shows progress in his muscular coordination. 5. the development of an individual or society in a direction considered more beneficial than and superior to the previous level. 6. Biol. increasing differentiation and perfection in the course of ontogeny or phylogeny. 7. forward or onward movement: the progress of the planets. 8. the forward course of action, events, time, etc. 9. an official journey or tour, as by a sovereign or dignitary. 10. in progress, going on; under way; being done; happening: The meeting was already in progress. v.i. progress 11. to go forward or onward in space or time: The wagon train progressed through the valley. As the play progressed, the leading man grew more inaudible. 12. to grow or develop, as in complexity, scope, or severity; advance: Are you progressing in your piano studies? The disease progressed slowly. [1400-50; late ME progresse (n.) < L progressus a going forward, equiv. to progred-, s. of progredi to advance (pro- PRO-1 + -gredi, comb. form of gradi to step; see GRADE) + -tus suffix of v. action] Syn. 1. advance, progression. 4. increase; betterment. 12. proceed; develop, improve, grow, increase. Ant. 1. regression. 12. regress. |
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