| 词组 | toward, towards |
| 释义 | toward, towards Many commentators have observed that toward is the more common choice in American English, while the preference in British English is for towards. Our evidence confirms that such is indeed the case. Both words are commonly used in the U.S., but toward is undoubtedly prevalent: • ... looked down across sloping cornfields toward a small village —Russell Baker, Growing Up, 1982 • His later development... was toward the occult — Arthur Miller, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 6 Jan. 1985 • There is a tendency towards informality —Calvin H. Plimpton, Amherst College Bulletin, November 1967 The British strongly favor towards: • ... a new tool towards the shaping of its own destiny —E. H. Gombrich, quoted in British Book News, November 1982 • ... edging slowly towards social democracy —Graham Greene, Getting to Know the General, 1984 At one time some critics (as Ayres 1881) preferred toward because they believed the -s of towards had died away. Letters from our correspondents sometimes seem to be seeking some semantic basis for a differentiation between these forms, but there is none. |
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