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单词 abreast
释义
abreast
adverb
uk
/əˈbrest/us
/əˈbrest/
used to say that two or morepeopleare next to each other andmovingin the samedirection:
（朝同一方向）并排而行；并肩而行
We wererunning/swimmingtwoabreast.我们俩并肩跑步／游泳。
Themotorcyclistcame abreastofhercarandshoutedabuseat her.那个骑摩托车的人跟上来，与她的车并行着，对她破口大骂。
keep abreast ofsomething
to makesureyouknowall the mostrecentfactsabout asubjectorsituation:
了解…的最新情况；跟上…的最新进展
Itrytokeepabreast of anydevelopments.我努力了解所有新的进展情况。
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Next to and beside
  • adjacency
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • against
  • along
  • alongside
  • beside
  • bordering
  • contiguity
  • contiguous
  • coterminous
  • next door
  • next door but oneidiom
  • non-contiguous
  • on
  • shoulder
  • shoulder to shoulderidiom
  • side
  • surrounding
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(Definition ofabreastfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

abreast| American Dictionary

abreast
adverb
us
/əˈbrest/
next to anotherpersonandfacingin the samedirection:
We wererunningtwo abreast around thetrack.
If youkeepabreast of asubject, youstayinformedabout newdevelopmentsin it:
Staying abreast of newsoftwarereleasestakeslotsoftime.
(Definition ofabreastfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabreast

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Keepingabreastof all that is taking place is a nightmare in itself.
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Administrative staff must provide not only procedural administration but also policy leadership, identifying key policy issues and keeping the boardabreastof best practices.
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Indeed, medieval musicology has been accused of not stayingabreastof recent academic trends.
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First, the printed text could be different from the original performed version as plays could be edited to keepabreastof changing political circumstances.
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Prescribers must therefore ensure that they keepabreastof any new evidence relating to their area of clinical practice.
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The world d o e s n o t stop changing while w e trade definitions, but the need t o keepabreastis constant.
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Private houses open onto them by window or door, and the main streets can take nine ridersabreast.
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The government certainly benefited from several sources of information from the various competing administrations to keepabreastof events in the departments.
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She nevertheless stayedabreastof the latest developments in her field as a wr iter of textbooks.
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Failure to keepabreastcould lead to errors of judgement, and the loss of both empathy with the multiple clients and of ability to meet her own stringent targets.
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Nevertheless, incremental coverage decisions contribute to the overall social impact of genetic testing (and genomics), and evaluators should keepabreastof the evolving scholarship in the legal and social sciences.
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To offer appropriate guidance to students, school of music staff need to be keptabreastof cultural industry knowledge and to maintain professional contact with the profession.
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Finally, instructors should consider attending professional workshops and conferences whenever possible in an attempt to keepabreastwith the most current research and practices in the field of language teaching.
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Recent work on the popular press, and on women's reading and writing, has come from literary scholars as much as from historians, and the author isabreastof both disciplines.
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Likewise, although it is difficult to stayabreastof rapidly changing developments in the pharmaceutical industry, the authors make no mention of the increasing availability of extended release preparations.
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