<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>进一步 (jìnyībù), is an adverb meaning "further" or to "go a step forward." Usually it is used in formally written Chinese, though it can be spoken as well.</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <p>It is simply placed before the verb of the sentence.</p> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Subj. + 进一步 + Verb</p> </div> <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>我们 准备 <em>进一步</em> 扩大 中国 市场。<span class="trans">We are prepared to further expand the Chinese market.</span></li> <li>这 件 事情 需要 <em>进一步</em> 调查。<span class="trans">This event requires further investigation.</span></li> <li>这 次 开会 的 内容 是 <em>进一步</em> 研究 这 个 项目。<span class="trans">The purpose of this meeting is to further research on this project.</span></li> <li>如果你要在中国工作你最好 <em>进一步</em> 学汉语。<span class="trans">If you are going to work in China, you had better study Chinese a little bit more.</span></li> <li>我们在一起旅游后我们的友谊有了<em>进一步</em> 的发展.<span class="trans">After swimming together, our friendship developed further.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="又-再-才能-并-with-进一步">又, 再, 才能, 并 with 进一步</h2> <p>又, 再, 才能, and 并 also can also be added in front of 进一步.</p> <h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>这项设计完成以后，他们<em>又</em><em>进一步</em> 致力于另一项工程的设计。<span class= "trans">After this design was completed, they worked further on a different engineering project.</span></li> <li>我们先在一所学校进行教学改革的试点，<em>并</em> <em>进一步</em> 推广到全市的中学。<span class= "trans">We first tested our education reform in one school, and then we further extended it to the rest of the city's middle schools.</span></li> <li>先学好第一外语，<em>再</em> <em>进一步</em> 学好第二外语。<span class= "trans">Study your first foreign language well first, then you can take the next step and start a second foreign language.</span></li> <li>弄懂这个问题之后，<em>才能</em><em>进一步</em> 研究其他问题。<span class= "trans">After you've figured out this problem, go a bit further and research the other problems as well.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href=""In_addition"_with_"zaishuo"" title="wikilink">"In addition" with "zaishuo"</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D" class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语八百词</a>（P309） [<a href= "http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001198GSW&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001198GSW" class= "uri">http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001198GSW&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001198GSW</a> →buy</li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:B2_grammar_points" title= "wikilink">Category:B2 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>