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  • [ 'prɑgrεs][prə 'grεs]
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  • [ 'prəugres][prə 'gres]
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  • Conjugation : past  progressed ; pp  progressed ; ing  progressing
  • Derivatives : n  progression ; adj  progressive
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

progress ['prəugrεs]
  1. 1. noun [u] (headway) 进展
  2. 2. noun (advances) 进步
  3. 3. noun [of event, match, talks, disease] (development) 发展
  4. 4. vi. (make headway) 进展
  5. 5. vi. to progress (to sth/to doing sth) 提高(到某事/到做某事)
  6. 6. vi. [career, day, disease+] (move on) 推进
    to make progress (with sth)
    (对某事)取得进步
    in progress
    正在进展

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

progress [ 'prɑgrεs] [ 'prəugres] [prə 'grεs] [prə 'gres]
  1. 1. noun 前进进展进程
    He continued his progress around the earth.
    继续自己的环球旅行
  2. 2. noun 发展进步改进
    She's not making much progress with her Chinese.
    她的中文进展不大
  3. 3. noun (向更高方向发展扩展改进
  4. 4. noun [rarely used] 王侯要人巡行游历
  5. 5. vi. 前进进展进行
    She started off sketching, and then progressed to painting.
    她从素描开始然后开始学习油画
    All efforts were made to progress the case as soon as possible.
    所有努力都是为了尽快侦破这个案件
  6. 6. vi. 进步发展
  7. 7. vi. (向更高方向发展改进

Collins English-English Dictionary

progress
  1. 1. n movement forwards, esp towards a place or objective
  2. 2. n satisfactory development, growth, or advance
    she is making progress in maths
  3. 3. n advance towards completion, maturity, or perfection
    the steady onward march of progress
  4. 4. n [modifier] of or relating to progress
    a progress report
  5. 5. n [biology] increasing complexity, adaptation, etc, during the development of an individual or evolution of a group
  6. 6. n [Brit] a stately royal journey
  7. 7. vi. [intr] to move forwards or onwards, as towards a place or objective
  8. 8. vi. to move towards or bring nearer to completion, maturity, or perfection
  9. 9. vi. [Etymology] C15: from Latin progressus a going forwards, from progredi to advance, from pro-1 + gradi to step

Examples

barriers to progress
进步的障碍 barrier
an era of progress
进步的时代 era
fantastic progress in science
科学上的惊人进步 fantastic
glacial progress
象冰河运动般缓慢的前进 glacial
smooth progress
进展顺利 smooth
the wheels of progress
前进的动力 wheel
The use of information technology could lead to major progress for developing nations.
信息技术的使用可以给发展中国家带来巨大的进步。 use
She's not making much progress with her Chinese.
她的中文进展不大。 progress
He continued his progress around the earth.
他继续自己的环球旅行。 progress
All efforts were made to progress the case as soon as possible.
所有的努力都是为了尽快侦破这个案件。 progress

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