| 词组 | push forward |
| 释义 | push forward 1. push forward • push forward sth • push sth forward to continue doing or planning something in a determined way: ▪ At that time France was pushing forward the development of its own nuclear weapons. + with ▪ The British and Irish governments were attempting to push forward with the peace process. 2. push forward sth • push sth forward to try to make people think about or accept a particular idea or subject that you believe is important: ▪ He was still trying to push forward the idea of a coalition government. 3. push yourself forward to deliberately put yourself in a situation where you will be noticed by other people, especially in order to get an advantage for yourself: ▪ Nicola knew that she would have to push herself forward if she wanted to be offered the role. ■ SIMILAR TO: promote yourself 4. push forward if an army pushes forward, it makes progress by moving further in a particular direction, especially in an enemy country: ▪ The western armies were pushing forward rapidly as planned, but the troops were becoming exhausted. 5. push forward the boundaries/ bounds/ frontiers of sth if someone pushes forward the boundaries of what is acceptable or possible, they make more things acceptable or possible than before: ▪ researchers who are pushing forward the boundaries of scientific knowledge |
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