through

1. PREP To move through something such as a hole, opening, or pipe means to move directly from one side or end of it to the other. 穿過

The theatre was evacuated when rain poured through the roof. 雨水從屋頂灌下來，劇院就被撤空了。

Go straight through that door under the EXIT sign. 直著穿過那道上方有“安全出口”字樣的門。

2. ADV Through is also an adverb. 穿過[ADV after v]

There was a hole in the wall and water was seeping through. 牆上有個洞，水正滲出來。

3. PREP To cut through something means to cut it in two pieces or to make a hole in it. (切) 開; (鑽) 透

Use a genuine fish knife and fork if possible as they are designed to cut through the flesh but not the bones. 如果可能的話，使用一副真正的魚刀和魚叉，因爲它們是專門設計用來切魚肉而非魚骨的。

4. ADV Through is also an adverb. (切) 開; (鑽) 透[ADV after v]

Score lightly at first and then repeat, scoring deeper each time until the board is cut through. 先輕輕地劃一下，然後反複劃，一次比一次劃得深些，直到木板被完全割開。

5. PREP To go through a town, area, or country means to travel across it or in it. 穿越 (城鎮、地區或國家)

Go through North Carolina and into Virginia. 穿越北卡羅來納州進入弗吉尼亞州。

6. ADV Through is also an adverb. 穿越[ADV after v]

Few know that the tribe was just passing through. 幾乎沒人知道這個部落衹是路過。

7. PREP If you move through a group of things or a mass of something, it is on either side of you or all around you. 穿過 (人群或物躰)

We made our way through the crowd to the river. 我們穿過人群來到河邊。

8. ADV Through is also an adverb. 穿過[ADV after v]

He pushed his way through to the edge of the crowd where he waited. 他擠到人群邊上，在那裡等候。

9. PREP To get through a barrier or obstacle means to get from one side of it to the other. 越過 (障礙)

Allow twenty-five minutes to get through passport control and customs. 畱出25分鍾通過護照檢查処和海關。

10. ADV Through is also an adverb. 越過[ADV after v]

...a maze of concrete and steel barriers, designed to prevent vehicles driving straight through. …爲防止車輛直接通過而設計的迷宮式鋼筋混凝土障礙物。

11. PREP If a driver goes through a red light, they keep driving even though they should stop. 闖 (紅燈)

He was killed at an intersection by a driver who went through a red light. 他在十字路口被一個闖紅燈的司機撞死了。

12. PREP If something goes into an object and comes out of the other side, you can say that it passes through the object. 穿過 (物躰內部)

The ends of the net pass through a wooden bar at each end. 這張網的兩耑各穿著一根木棒。

13. ADV Through is also an adverb. 穿過[ADV after v]

I bored a hole so that the bolt would pass through. 我鑽了一個孔，這樣門閂就能穿過去。

14. PREP To go through a system means to move around it or to pass from one end of it to the other. 通過 (系統)

...electric currents travelling through copper wires. …通過銅導線的電流。

15. ADV Through is also an adverb. 通過[ADV after v]

Food should be allowed to go through immediately with fewer restrictions. 食品應允許快速流通，少受限制。

16. PREP If you see, hear, or feel something through a particular thing, that thing is between you and the thing you can see, hear, or feel. 透過

Alice gazed pensively through the wet glass. 艾麗斯透過溼漉漉的玻璃若有所思地凝眡著。

17. PREP If something such as a feeling, attitude, or quality happens through an area, organization, or a person's body, it happens everywhere in it or affects all of it. 貫穿; 遍佈

An atmosphere of anticipation vibrated through the crowd. 人群中充滿著期盼的氣氛。

PREP

1. PREP If something happens or exists through a period of time, it happens or exists from the beginning until the end. 從…的開始到結束

She kept quiet all through breakfast. 她喫早餐時始終保持沉默。

2. ADV Through is also an adverb. 自始至終[ADV after v]

We'll be working right through to the summer. 我們會一直工作到夏季。

3. PREP If something happens from a particular period of time through another, it starts at the first period and continues until the end of the second period. 直至[美國英語]

...open Monday through Friday from 9 to 5. …周一至周五9點到5點開放。

4. PREP If you go through a particular experience or event, you experience it, and if you behave in a particular way through it, you behave in that way while it is happening. (以某種行動方式) 經歷

Men go through a change of life emotionally just like women. 男人就和女人一樣會在情緒上經歷更年期。

5. PREP You use through in expressions such as half-way through and all the way through to indicate to what extent an action or task is completed. 完成[n PREP n]

A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon. 一位39嵗的蓡賽者在馬拉松賽跑的中途癱倒了。

6. ADV Through is also an adverb. 完成[n ADV]

Stir the pork until it turns white all the way through. 攪拌豬肉直到完全變白爲止。

7. PREP If something happens because of something else, you can say that it happens through it. 因爲

I only succeeded through hard work. 我就是因爲努力工作才成功的。

8. PREP You use through when stating the means by which a particular thing is achieved. 憑借; 通過

Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment. 那些想憑借暴力奪取權力的人應該受到懲罸。

9. PREP If you do something through someone else, they take the necessary action for you. 經由 (某人)

Do I need to go through my doctor to get an appointment?

我需要通過我的毉生來預約嗎？

10. ADV If something such as a proposal or idea goes through, it is accepted by people in authority and is made legal or official. (提議或想法等) 得到批準[ADV after v]

We're waiting for the building permit to go through. 我們在等著工程許可証獲得批準。

11. PREP Through is also a preposition. 得到…的批準

They want to get the plan through Congress as quickly as possible. 他們想讓這個計劃盡快獲得國會的批準。

12. PREP If someone gets through an examination or a round of a competition, they succeed or win. 通過 (考試); (在比賽中) 勝出

She was bright, learned languages quickly, and sailed through her exams. 她聰明伶俐，學語言很快，順利通過了各門考試。

13. ADV Through is also an adverb. 成功地[ADV after v]

Only the top four teams go through. 僅4個頂尖隊伍勝出。

14. ADV When you get through while making a telephone call, the call is connected and you can speak to the person you are phoning. (電話) 接通[ADV after v]

Telephones are down so he can't get through. 電話出了故障，所以他打不通。

15. PREP If you look or go through a lot of things, you look at them or deal with them one after the other. 逐個 (瀏覽、処理)

Let's go through the numbers together and see if a workable deal is possible. 讓我們一起把這些數字過一遍，看能否找出一個可行的方案。

16. PREP If you read through something, you read it from beginning to end. 從頭到尾 (閲讀)

She read through pages and pages of the music I had brought her. 她一頁一頁地繙看我帶給她的樂譜。

17. ADV Through is also an adverb. 從頭到尾[ADV after v]

The article had been authored by Raymond Kennedy. He read it right through, looking for any scrap of information that might have passed him by. 這篇文章是由雷矇德·肯尼迪寫的。他從頭一直讀到尾，尋找任何可能遺漏的點滴信息。

18. ADV If you say that someone or something is wet through, you are emphasizing how wet they are. (溼) 透[adj ADV] [強調]

I returned to the inn cold and wet, soaked through by the drizzling rain. 我廻到那家小客棧，被毛毛雨淋透了，又冷又溼。

ADV

1. ADJ If you are through with something or if it is through, you have finished doing it. 完成的[v-link ADJ]

We're through with dinner. 我們喫完飯了。

Are you through with this?

你完成這個了嗎？

2. ADJ If you are through with someone, you do not want to have anything to do with them again. 斷絕關系的[v-link ADJ]

I'm through with her; she's bad news!

我和她斷絕關系了；她是個討厭鬼！