further

1 as a verb
 to develop or make progres in something改進；推進；增進He has probably done more to further the cause of interracial harmony than any otherperson.在推進種族和諧方面他可能比其他人做的都要多。Additional training is probably the best way to further your career these days.如今額外的訓練可能是推進你事業發展的最佳途徑。
2.as an adverb
 comparative of far; to a greater distance or degree; at a more advanced level（far 的比較級）更遠地，在更大程度上；進一步地I'm afraid I never got further than the first five pages of 'Ulysses'.恐怕我看《尤利西斯》從未超過開頭的五頁，之後就看不下去了。We discussed the problem but we didn't get much further in actually solving it.我們討論了這個問題，但在實際解決方面沒有取得多大進展。The whole matter is further complicated by the fact that Amanda and Jo refuse tospeak to each other.阿曼達和喬彼此拒絕說話，使得整個事件更加複雜了。Every day she sinks further and further into depression.她一天天地消沈下去。