towards ·preposition (POSITION)
Definition: near to a time or place Level: C1
我们的座位在剧院靠后的位置。
Our seats were ___towards the back of the theatre.
我经常在上午过半时感到饥饿。
I often get hungry ___towards the middle of the morning.
如果我五十年前告诉别人，女性在本世纪末将担任领导政治职位，他或她很可能会认为我疯了。
If I had told somebody fifty years ago that women would have leading political positions ___towards the end of the century, he or she would have most probably considered me as being mad.