headway

• n.前進、進歩、航行速度、間隔

頭、頭、道、道。比喩的用法。

headway (n.)

c. 1300, "main road, highway," from Old English heafodweg; see head (adj.) + way (n.). Sense of "motion forward" first attested 1748, short for ahead-way; ultimately nautical (compare leeway).

1. She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.

彼女は書く技術の面で長足の進歩を遂げた。

2.The ship made little headway in the storm.

航空船は暴風雨の中でほとんど前進できない。

3.Little headway has been made in educational reform.

教育改革は進展していない.

4.He is not disappointed at the failure to make headway towards resolving their differences.

彼らの間の相違は依然として解決されておらず、落胆していない。

5.There was concern in the city that police were Making little headway in the investigation.

警察が捜査にあまり進展していないことに、市民は少し心配している。