*forward² adj 1 forward planning/thinking etc when you make plans for the future 预先计划/考虑等: Forward planning is essential if the campaign is to succeed. 竞选要成功必须未雨绸缪。 2 [only before noun 仅用于名词前] closer to a place that is in front of you 向前的: Roadblocks prevented further forward movement. 路障阻止人们继续前进。 3 too confident and friendly with people you do not know very well 〔与不大熟悉的人交往时〕鲁莽的，冒失的