(1)朝(对，向)……的方向(moving，facing in the direction of sb/sth)：look out (walk/run)～the sun/the sea/the river 向着太阳/海/河的方向看(走/跑);stand with one's back～sth 背对着……站着;turn one's back～sth 转过身背对着……;move～the front/the war 开往前线/走向战争;a window～the square 朝向广场的窗户;

(2)趋近于 (moving closer in order to achieve)：have made some progress～reach-ing a settlement of the dispute 为解决争端已取得一些进展;He has a tendency～laziness. 他有变懒惰的趋势。

(3)对(关)于(with relation to;regarding)：What are your feelings～him? 你对他的看法如何?His attitude～his son/his superior is very strange. 他对他儿子/上司的态度特别古怪。be friendly/frank～sb 对某人友好/真诚;behave affectionately/shamefully～sb 对某人有爱心/行为可耻;

(4)以使，为了，用于(with a view to obtaining or having;for)：take the courses～master's degree 为取得硕士学位而选修这些课程;save one's lunch money～a new dress 为买新衣服而省下午饭钱;make an effort～peace 为了和平而努力;(money) go～the cost of a new house/a journey(钱)用于买新房子/旅行;

(5)(指时间)接近(near a point in time)：It's getting～Christmas/bedtime. 快到圣诞节/睡觉的时间了。(sb) be getting～retirement age(某人)快到退休年龄;～the end of the century到该世纪末;It started raining/got cool～dawn (evening). 快天亮(近黄昏)时，下雨了/天变凉爽了。