| 单词 | forward |
| 释义 | forward forward /; AmE / adverb, adjective, verb
■ adverb
BROUGHT FORWARD, CARRIAGE FORWARD, CARRIED FORWARD
1 towards a good result: She felt she needed to move forward in her career. technologies that will drive the industry forward The project will go forward (= continue) as planned.
2 in or concerning the future: Looking forward, we expect sales to increase significantly.
3 (Commerce ; Finance ) if sth is sold or bought forward the seller agrees to provide it for a fixed price at a particular time in the future, when they have produced or obtained it: Growers can currently sell forward cotton to be picked in 2006 for about A$540 a bale.
IDIOMS
going forward in the future: The competition will be less intense going forward. Going forward, we expect to see increased profit growth. We are confident in our business plans going forward.
■ adjective
1 relating to the future: A little forward planning could have saved us a lot of expense. forward economic growth
2 (Commerce ) relating to sth that will be provided or delivered in the future: We hold stocks equivalent to 90 days of forward demand. the forward market for crude oil The airline reported a sharp increase in forward bookings. an increase in forward gold sales ⇨ FORWARD CONTRACT, FORWARD SALE
■ verb [+ obj]
FAST-FORWARD, STORE-AND-FORWARD
1 to send or pass goods, information, an email, etc. to sb: We will be forwarding our new catalogue to you next week. The message is automatically forwarded to your email account. We will be forwarding you our new catalogue next week. I have calls forwarded to my cellphone while I'm out the office. SYN SEND STH ON ⇨ CALL FORWARDING
2 to send a letter, etc. received at the address a person used to live or work at to their new address: Could you forward any mail to us in Shanghai? SYN SEND STH ON NOTE The words ‘Please forward' or ‘to be forwarded' are usually written on the envelope. |
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