toward是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为prep. 向， 对于， 将近, 接近 a. 即将到来的, 进行中的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Toward the middle of the platform the longboat, half buried in the hull of the vessel, formed a slight excrescence.
-- The instruments showed it to be still toward the south, with a speed of twenty miles an hour and a depth of fifty fathoms.
-- We were now obliged to descend toward the shore, the crest becoming impracticable.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- No sooner did she enter than all the male spectators turned their eyes toward her, attracted by her white face, lustrous black eyes and high breast.
-- "I cannot do it because----" Again the usher sprang toward Simon and with a tragic whisper stopped him.
-- In front of them was a patch of lilac bushes, behind which no one ran, but Katiousha, turning toward Nekhludoff, motioned him with her head to join her there.
-- Katiousha, her black eyes beaming with joy, ran toward him.
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