headway

headway

英 ['hedweɪ]
　　美 ['hɛd,we]

n. 前進；進步；航行速度；間隔時間

中文詞源：

headway 進展

head,頭，way,路。比喻用法。

例句：

1. She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.
她在寫作技巧方面有瞭長足進步.

2. The ship made little headway in the storm.
航船在暴風驟雨中幾乎無法前進.

3. Little headway has been made in educational reform.
教育改革沒有進展.

4. He is not disappointed at the failure to make headway towards resolving their differences.
他們之間的分歧依然未能解決，他對此並不感到沮喪。

5. There was concern in the city that police were making little headway in the investigation.
警方在調查中未能取得什麼進展，對此市民有些擔心。