新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

road

英  [rəʊd]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • roads

    1[C 可数名词] 公路

    A road is a long piece of hard ground that is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other.

    双语例句

    例:

    There was very little traffic on the roads.

    以前这些公路上车辆很少。

    例:

    We just go straight up the Boston Post Road.

    我们就一直沿着波士顿邮政大道向前走。

    2[C 可数名词] 途径 , 过程

    The road to a particular result is the means of achieving it or the process of achieving it.

    双语例句

    例:

    We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to recovery.

    在复苏的道路上我们一定会经历一些波折起伏。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • on the road

    1在(取得成功的)的道路上

    If you say that someone is on the road to something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The government took another step on the road to political reform.

    政府又在通向政治改革的道路上迈进了一步。