abreast词语用法

1. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge;

   "kept abreast of the latest developments"
   "constant revision keeps the book au courant"
   "always au fait on the latest events"
   "up on the news"
   

1. alongside each other, facing in the same direction

1.并排，并肩（行进）
If people or things walk or moveabreast, they are next to each other, side by side, and facing in the same direction.

e.g. The steep pavement was too narrow for them to walkabreast.
陡坡太窄，他们没法并排走。
e.g. ...a group of youths riding their motorbikes fourabreast.
驾着摩托车，四个一排齐头并进的一群年轻人

2.与…并列；与…并排
If you areabreast of someone or something, you are level with them or in line with them.

abreast

e.g. As he drewabreast of the man he pretended to stumble.
当他赶上那个男人时，他装出了要跌倒的样子。

3.了解，跟上（最新情况）
If youkeep abreast of a subject, you know all the most recent facts about it.

e.g. He will be keepingabreast of the news...
他将时刻关注最新消息。
e.g. We'll keep youabreast of developments.
我们会随时告知你最新进展。

be〔keep〕 abreast of〔with〕

(使)保持与…并列; 了解…的最新情况(cause to) remain level with (sb or sth ahead );(cause to) know the most recent facts about
be〔keep〕 abreast of〔with〕 sb/sth

Brooks was abreast of the leading runner for a few minutes but then fell behind.

布鲁克斯赶上领先的赛跑运动员好几分钟,可是后来落后了。

This building is abreast of the tip of the island.

这幢建筑物与该岛的尖端齐头。

Read the papers if you want to keep abreast of time.

如果你想跟上时代就要看报。

She kept abreast with the flood of communications that had poured in.

她及时回复如雪片般飞来的大批信件。

keep sth abreast of〔with〕 sth

Even this arrangement did not keep wages abreast of the rising living cost.

即使这样的安排也不能使工资水平跟上日益上涨的生活费用。

• They..passed in on to the grass, four abreast.

  出自：D. H. Lawrence

• Three policemen came down the hall abreast, in step.

  出自：J. Irving

1. abreast的基本意思是“并列,并排”,在句中常用作状语(多位于词尾)或表语，用作表语时常用于be〔keep〕 abreast of〔with〕短语中。
2. abreast不用于比较等级。