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abreast of

/uh-brest/US // əˈbrɛst //UK // (əˈbrɛst) //

与时俱进,了解情况,了解,掌握情况

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : side by side; beside each other in a line: They walked two abreast down the street.
    • : equal to or alongside in progress, attainment, or awareness: to keep abreast of scientific developments; keeping abreast with the times.

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Examples

  • Health now features a sharing tab so family members and caregivers can stay abreast of a loved one’s stats.

  • Theory has evolved considerably even in the past ten years, so make sure your trainer is keeping abreast of current science and that their philosophy jives with your own.

  • I observed approximately thirty police officers standing shoulder-to-shoulder maybe four or five abreast using the weight of their own bodies to hold back the onslaught of violent attackers.

  • That means working more closely with college students to ensure they’re always abreast of emerging trends and “keep that bridge from us to the younger ones,” Naus said.

  • She stays abreast of the exploding market for nonalcoholic beverages, favoring Spirity Cocktails’ ready-to-drink options like Mindful Mule and Mindful Margarita.

  • Informers kept the NKVD secret police abreast of what those who defended him said in private conversation.

  • Curious housewives stepped out in their aprons to watch them march down the road, four abreast waving two large American flags.

  • Social media has kept me abreast of many plot twists and turns as firestorms of outrage and smugness come and go.

  • For diehards of the show, staying abreast of everything that happens to Ted and the gang is moderately difficult.

  • Stay abreast of the political-science research when you can, but remember that some of it may be worthless.

  • From our vantage point we watched them come abreast and pass us at a distance well within a mile.

  • A big car was passing slowly up the village street, and as it came abreast the smithy the doctor raised his hat.

  • He sprinted over the crest of the hill and thought he heard the sound almost abreast of him, away to the right.

  • Then she showed the children how to get a fair start, by standing abreast and holding a stick.

  • She was not a road wagon, but a van driven by five horses, three leaders abreast, and reaching London in sixteen hours.