through

adj

1. having finished or arrived at completion

e.g. certain to make history before he's done
it's a done deed
after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up
almost through with his studies

Synonym: donethrough with(p)

adv

1. throughout the entire extent

e.g. got soaked through in the rain
I'm frozen through
a letter shot through with the writer's personality
knew him through and through
boards rotten through and through

Synonym: through and through

2. over the whole distance

e.g. this bus goes through to New York

3. in diameter

e.g. this cylinder measures 15 inches through

4. from beginning to end

e.g. read this book through

5. to completion

e.g. think this through very carefully!

1. 穿过,通过(洞、口子、管道等);从…的一端到另一端
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.

e.g. The theatre was evacuated when rain poured through the roof at the Liverpool Playhouse...
雨从利物浦剧院的屋顶倾泻而入，剧院的观众被疏散了。
e.g. Go straight through that door under the EXIT sign...
从“安全出口”标志下的那道门直穿过去。

2. (切)开;(割)断;(凿)穿
To cut through something means to cut it in two pieces or to make a hole in it.

e.g. Use a proper fish knife and fork if possible as they are designed to cut through the flesh but not the bones...
如果可能的话，选用正规的吃鱼刀叉，因为它们是专门设计来切开鱼肉而又不会切断鱼骨的。
e.g. Rabbits still manage to find a way in. I am sure that some have even taken to gnawing through the metal.
兔子还是找到办法进去了。我敢断定，有些兔子甚至已经用上了咬断金属的办法。

3. 穿过，通过(城市、地区、国家);遍及
To go through a town, area, or country means to travel across it or in it.

e.g. Go up to Ramsgate, cross into France, go through Andorra and into Spain.
北行至拉姆斯盖特，然后横跨法国，穿过安多拉，进入西班牙。
e.g. ...travelling through pathless woods...
在人迹罕至的树林中穿行

4. 在…之间;在…之中
If you move through a group of things or a mass of something, it is on either side of you or all around you.

e.g. We made our way through the crowd to the river...
我们挤过人群，来到河边。
e.g. Sybil's fingers ran through the water...
西比尔的手指在水中划来划去。

5. 跨越(障碍等)
To get through a barrier or obstacle means to get from one side of it to the other.

e.g. Allow twenty-five minutes to get through Passport Control and Customs...
留出 25 分钟过护照检查处和海关。
e.g. He was one of the last of the crowd to pass through the barrier...
他是那群人里最后一批跨越障碍的。

6. 闯过，硬闯(红灯)
If a driver goes through a red light, they keep driving even though they should stop.

e.g. He was killed at a road junction by a van driver who went through a red light...
他在交叉路口被一辆闯红灯的小货车撞死了。
e.g. We drove through red traffic lights, the horn blaring.
我们鸣着喇叭，闯过红灯。

7. 穿过，通过(某物内部)
If something goes into an object and comes out of the other side, you can say that it passes through the object.

e.g. The ends of the net pass through a wooden bar at each end...
网的两端各穿过一根木棒。
e.g. Zita was herself unconventional, keeping a safety-pin stuck through her ear lobe.
齐塔自己就不守传统，在一只耳垂上穿了一根别针。

8. 通过，经过(系统)
To go through a system means to move around it or to pass from one end of it to the other.

e.g. ...electric currents travelling through copper wires...
通过铜导线的电流
e.g. What a lot of cards you've got through the post!
你们收到了多少寄来的贺卡啊！

9. 透过，通过(…感知)
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.

through的近义词

e.g. Alice gazed pensively through the wet glass...
艾丽斯透过湿漉漉的玻璃神情忧郁地凝视着窗外。
e.g. They could hear music pulsing through the walls of the house...
透过墙壁，他们能听到有节奏的音乐声。

10. (感觉、态度、品质)遍布，遍及，贯穿
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.

e.g. An atmosphere of anticipation vibrated through the crowd...
期待的心情在人群中弥漫开来。
e.g. The melody that ran through his brain was composed of bad notes...
回荡在他脑海里的旋律都走调了。

11. 自始至终;从头到尾
If something happens or exists through a period of time, it happens or exists from the beginning until the end.

through什么意思

e.g. We're playing in New Zealand, Australia and Japan through November...
整个 11 月，我们都在新西兰、澳大利亚和日本巡回演出。
e.g. Saga features trips for older people at home and abroad all through the year...
“传奇”旅行社为老年人提供全年的国内外旅游服务。

12. 直至;一直到
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.

e.g. ...open Monday through Sunday from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm...
开放时间：周一到周日，每天早晨 7: 00 到晚上 10: 00
e.g. During her busy season (March through June), she often completes as many as fifty paintings a week.
她忙的时候(从 3 月一直到 6 月)，常常一个星期完成多达 50 幅画作。

13. 经历;度过
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.

e.g. Men go through a change of life emotionally just like women.
男人和女人一样，也要在情绪上经历更年期。
e.g. ...a humorous woman who had lived through two world wars in Paris...
在巴黎经历过两次世界大战的幽默女人

14. 完成的;结束的;(与…)关系了结的
If you are through with something or if it is through, you have finished doing it and will never do it again. If you are through with someone, you do not want to have anything to do with them again.

e.g. I'm through with the explaining...
我不想再解释了。
e.g. Training as a marriage counsellor would guarantee her some employment once her schooling was through...
她接受的婚姻指导师培训能保证她学业一结束就找到工作。

15. 进行到一半/一直到底
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.

e.g. A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon and died shortly afterwards.
一名 39 岁的马拉松参赛者跑到一半时瘫倒在地，没过多久就死了。

16. 因为;由于
If something happens because of something else, you can say that it happens through it.

e.g. They are understood to have retired through age or ill health...
据知他们是因年龄或健康问题而退休。
e.g. The thought of someone suffering through a mistake of mine makes me shiver.
想到有人因为我犯的错误而吃苦头，我就不寒而栗。

17. 通过;凭借;依靠
You use through when stating the means by which a particular thing is achieved.

e.g. Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment...
企图通过暴力夺权的人理应受到惩罚。
e.g. You simply can't get a ticket through official channels.
通过官方渠道是压根儿搞不到票的。

18. 经过;经由
If you do something through someone else, they take the necessary action for you.

through的意思

e.g. Do I need to go through my doctor or can I make an appointment direct?...
我必须经过我的医生呢，还是可以直接预约？
e.g. Speaking through an interpreter, he called for some new thinking from the West.
他通过译员发出呼吁，希望西方能采取一些新的思维。

19. (提议、观点)获得通过，得到批准
If something such as a proposal or idea goes through, it is accepted by people in authority and is made legal or official.

e.g. It is possible that the present Governor General will be made interim President, if the proposals go through...
如果提案获得通过，现任总督可能被任命为临时总统。
e.g. The secretary of state during the Nixon-Ford transition did not wish to push the proposals through.
尼克松-福特过渡时期的国务卿不希望推动那些提案得到通过。

20. 通过(考试);(在比赛中)胜出
If someone gets through an examination or a round of a competition, they succeed or win.

e.g. She was bright, learned languages quickly, and sailed through her exams...
她头脑聪明，学语言学得快，各门考试都顺利地通过。
e.g. All the seeded players got through the first round.
所有种子选手都闯过了第一轮比赛。

21. (电话)接通，打通
When you get through while making a telephone call, the call is connected and you can speak to the person you are phoning.

e.g. He may find the line cut on the telephone so that he can't get through...
他可能会发现电话线被切断了，所以打不通。
e.g. Smith tried to get through to Frank at Warm Springs the next morning.
第二天早上，史密斯试图打电话给在沃姆斯普林斯的弗兰克。

22. 彻底地(查看或检查)
If you look or go through a lot of things, you look at them or deal with them one after the other.

e.g. Let's go through the numbers together and see if a workable deal is possible...
我们一起把这些数目过一遍，看能不能找出个可行方案。
e.g. When you have finished your list of personal preferences, go through it again...
等你列出个人喜好的单子后，从头到尾再看一遍。

23. 从头到尾(阅读)
If you read through something, you read it from beginning to end.

e.g. She read through pages and pages of the music I had brought her...
她一页一页地翻看我带给她的乐谱。
e.g. I only had time to skim through the script before I flew over here.
我在乘飞机来这儿之前，只来得及把稿子浏览了一遍。

24. (火车)直达的
A through train goes directly to a particular place, so that the people who want to go there do not have to change trains.

e.g. ...Britain's longest through train journey, 685 miles.
英国行程最远的直达列车路线——685 英里

25. (湿)透
If you say that someone or something is wet through, you are emphasizing how wet they are.

e.g. I returned to the inn cold and wet, soaked through by the drizzling rain...
我回到小旅馆时身上被毛毛雨淋透了，感觉又冷又湿。
e.g. She went on crying, and cried and cried until the pillow was wet through.
她还是哭，哭呀哭，一直哭到枕头都湿透了。

26. 彻底;完全
Through and through means completely and to the greatest extent possible.

e.g. I've gotten my feet thoroughly soaked and feel frozen through and through...
我双脚湿透，感觉都冻到骨头里了。
e.g. People assume they know me through and through the moment we meet.
人们一见到我，就自以为对我了如指掌了。