0 used to say that two or more people are next to each other and moving in the same direction -- （朝同一方向）並排而行；並肩而行
I try to keep abreast of any developments. 我努力了解所有新的進展情況。
The motorcyclist came abreast of her car and shouted abuse at her. 那個騎機車的人跟上來，與她的車並行著，對她破口大駡。
Likewise, although it is difficult to stay abreast of rapidly changing developments in the pharmaceutical industry, the authors make no mention of the increasing availability of extended release preparations.
Recent work on the popular press, and on women's reading and writing, has come from literary scholars as much as from historians, and the author is abreast of both disciplines.
Finally, instructors should consider attending professional workshops and conferences whenever possible in an attempt to keep abreast with the most current research and practices in the field of language teaching.
To offer appropriate guidance to students, school of music staff need to be kept abreast of cultural industry knowledge and to maintain professional contact with the profession.
Nevertheless, incremental coverage decisions contribute to the overall social impact of genetic testing (and genomics), and evaluators should keep abreast of the evolving scholarship in the legal and social sciences.
Failure to keep abreast could lead to errors of judgement, and the loss of both empathy with the multiple clients and of ability to meet her own stringent targets.
She nevertheless stayed abreast of the latest developments in her field as a wr iter of textbooks.
The government certainly benefited from several sources of information from the various competing administrations to keep abreast of events in the departments.
