| 词组 | plough/plow |
| 释义 | plough/plow plough BrE plow AmE [ploughed, ploughed, ploughing BrE] [plowed, plowed, plowing AmE] plough ahead plough ahead to continue doing something, or making progress when it is difficult, or when people are opposing you: ▪ I could hardly hear her voice on the end of the line, but I decided to plow ahead anyway. + with ▪ The government will plough ahead with national tests this year, despite protests from teachers. plough back plough sth back • plough back sth usually passive to spend the money that you have earned from a business on improving the business in order to make it bigger and more successful + into ▪ The profits were ploughed back into investment in staff and technology. ▪ Sales proceeds are plowed back into the organizations to find new projects. plow in/into 1. plough sth into sth • plough in sth to spend or provide large amounts of money in order to help something develop or be successful: ▪ The big drug companies have already plowed billions of dollars into AIDS research. ▪ The report warns that unless more cash is ploughed in, we will still not have the rail system we so urgently need. 2. plough in sth • plough sth in • plough sth into sth if farmers plough in crops or other materials, or plough them into the land, they dig them into the land in order to improve it: ▪ Quick-growing crops are useful because they can be ploughed in to increase the soil's fertility. ▪ Waste from animals is a valuable fertilizer - all you have to do is plough it into the land. plough into plough into sth if a vehicle ploughs into something, it crashes into it with a lot of force because its driver cannot control it: ▪ A runaway truck had plowed into a gas station, causing a giant explosion. ▪ 264 people died when the plane ploughed into a crowded market place in the capital, Kinshasa. ■ SIMILAR TO: crash into plough on plough on to continue doing something or going somewhere even though it is difficult or boring + with ▪ It was late, but I knew I'd have to plough on with the work until it was done. ▪ They ploughed on through the mountains until they came to the Nepalese border. plough on regardless (=continue doing something, even though there are problems or difficulties, or someone tells you to stop) ▪ Stephen didn't seem to be listening to anything I said, and just plowed on regardless. plough through 1. plough through sth to read, write, or deal with all of something, when there is a lot to do and it takes a long time: ▪ It was such a boring lesson - all we did was plough through a set of grammar exercises. ▪ Justice Charles Dubin now has to plough through 14,500 pages of evidence from 119 witnesses before making his findings known. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑work through 2. plough through sth to slowly eat all of something, especially when there is a lot of it and you are not enjoying it: ▪ Jamie was sitting in the canteen, ploughing through a meal of cabbage and potatoes. ■ SIMILAR TO: eat through 3. plough through sth to move through something that is blocking your way in order to get somewhere: ▪ Rescue workers had to plow through deep snow in order to reach the farm. ▪ They spent most of the walk ploughing through waist-high nettles and clumps of bramble. 4. plough through sth if a vehicle ploughs through something, it hits it and continues moving through it because the driver is not in control: ▪ A stolen Volkswagen Golf ploughed through the traffic barrier and ended up on the wrong side of the road. plough up 1. plough up sth • plough sth up to break up the surface of land using a special machine called a plough, in order to prepare it for planting crops: ▪ At the end of the year the fields are ploughed up and fertilized, ready for the spring. 2. plough up sth • plough sth up usually passive to spoil the surface of an area of ground by driving or riding over it, so that it becomes very muddy and uneven: ▪ The paths around Clavering are constantly being ploughed up by 4 Wheel Drive vehicles. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑churn up |
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