Definitions
- 1. to go a step further
- 2. (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
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Collocations
Often used with verbs like 发展 (develop), 了解 (understand), 研究 (study), 提高 (improve) to indicate progressing further.
Common mistakes
Do not confuse with 进步 (progress as a noun); 进一步 is an adverb and cannot be used as a noun.
Example Sentences
2 shown他们的争论 进一步 激化了矛盾。
Their argument further intensified the conflict.
我们需要 进一步 研究这个问题。
We need to further study this problem.
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