プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
すすむ【進む】
❶〔前進する〕advance ((toward(s)))
行列はゆっくりと寺へ向かって進んだ
The procession advanced slowly toward(s) the Buddhist temple.
彼は磁石を頼りに北へ進んだ
With a compass as his guide, he headed north.
我々は林の中を数キロ進んだ
We went [moved] on a few kilometers through the wood.
彼らは人込みをかき分けて進んだ
They elbowed [pushed] their way through the crowd.
救助艇は難破船を目掛けて進んだ
The rescue boat made its way toward(s) the wrecked ship.
１日に数マイルしか進まなかった
We were unable to cover more than a few miles a day.
進め
〔号令〕Forward!／March!
❷〔光や音が伝わる〕travel
光は毎秒何メートル進むか
How many meters a second does light travel?
❸〔進展する〕
工事はどんどん進んでいる
The (construction) work is making steady [rapid] progress.／The work is moving ahead rapidly [steadily].
作業は遅々として進まない
The work is making slow progress.
計画はうまく進んでいる
The plan is being carried out successfully.
新製品は量産の段階にまで進んでいる
The new commodity has reached the stage where it can be mass-produced.
今日は教科書の35ページまで進んだ
Today we got to [as far as] page 35 in the textbook.
彼女の縁談はとんとん拍子に進んだ
The arrangement of her marriage went forward smoothly.
❹〔段階が上がる〕
この学校の生徒の80パーセントが大学に進む
Eighty percent of the students at this school 「go on to [enter] universities.
彼女はテニスの試合で準決勝まで進んだ
In the tennis tournament, she advanced to the semifinals.
そろばんのテストを受けて２級に進んだ
He passed the abacus test and was moved up to a second-class ranking.
❺〔進歩する〕
文明の進んだ国
an advanced nation
高度に進んだ文明
a highly developed civilization
進んだ考えをもった人
a person with progressive ideas
彼らの考えは世間よりはるかに進んでいた
Their views were far ahead of the times.
これはもっと進んだ学生のための本です
This book is for more advanced students.
都市化が進んでこの地方からも自然が急速に失われていく
With the advance of urbanization, the natural environment is rapidly disappearing even from this district.
この国の教育はあまり進んでいない
This country is still backward in education.
❻〔悪化する〕
最近また近視が進んだ
I've gotten more nearsighted lately.／My nearsightedness has gotten worse lately.
彼は癌(がん)が大分進んでいた
His cancer had reached an advanced stage.
この病状が進むと肺炎になるおそれがある
There is a possibility that this condition may develop into pneumonia.
❼〔自らそうする気になる〕
気が進まない
⇒き（気）
最近自分から進んで練習している
He has recently started practicing 「on his own initiative [《文》 of his own volition].
❽〔盛んになる〕
近ごろどうも食が進まない
I have little [a poor] appetite these days.
❾〔時計が先の時刻を指す〕
この時計は年に１分ぐらいずつ進む
This watch gains a minute or so a year.
この時計は３分進んでいます
This watch is three minutes fast.