1.progress的意思是向前进,即“取得进步,进展”,强调其行进的距离,变化及改进提高的程度。
2.progress用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。用作不及物动词时,常与介词in, with连用,表示“在…方面取得进展”。
3.progress常用于进行体。

progress in〔with〕(v.+prep.)
在…方面取得进展 advance in relation to (an activity)
▲progress in〔with〕 sth
She is progressing in her studies.她学习有进步。
Tom progressed well with his book until he met a difficulty.在遇到困难之前,汤姆的书写得很顺利。
Mary is progressing in〔with〕 art of cooking; her meals are becoming more delicious.玛丽的烹饪手艺已有进步,作出的饭菜好吃多了。
How are you progressing with your driving lessons?你的驾驶课学得怎么样?
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progress to(v.+prep.)
进入… continue to (the next stage in sth such as an argument or meeting)
▲progress to sth
Progressing to your next point,I think we may safely forget such a silly idea.倘若我们转入你的下一个论点,我想我们会把这样一个愚蠢的看法抛在脑后的。
Later he progressed to more difficult tasks.后来他进而做更艰苦的工作。

句型例句
用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
How is the matter progressing?此事进展如何?
In some ways, civilization does not seem to have progressed much in the last century.在一些方面,上个世纪文明似乎进展不大。
Work on the new road is progressing quite well.新道路的修筑正在顺利进行。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
In order to progress their project smoothly, they revised the plan several times.为了使工程能顺利进展,他们几次修改方案。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
A really big housing program cannot be successfully progressed.一个大规模的建房计划无法顺利实施。

progress, advance, proceed
参见advance条。
下面两句意思相同:
How are you progressing in your studies?
How are you progressing with your studies?
你的学习进展如何?

［同义词］ n.  advance, advancement, improvement, movement v.  advance, improve, proceed
［反义词］ n.  regression v.  backslide, regress, retrogress
［词源］  ＜中古英语progresse ＜拉丁语progressus(朝前走)

1.progress作名词的基本意思是“前进”,一般是指在空间中行进,用于抽象事物可作“进步,发展”解,一般是指某人在某个方面取得了比以前更好的成绩,也可表示进步的事物。
2.progress是不可数名词,一般不与不定冠词a连用,但当其有形容词等修饰语时,可与a连用; 在表示“各方面都取得进展”时,可以用复数形式。

in progress
进行中 being done or made
An inquiry is now in progress.调查工作此刻正在进行中。
Please be quiet, recording in progress.正在录音,请安静。
The fight is still in progress.战斗还在继续。

Our progress was embarrassed by lots of baggage.大量的行李使我们行进困难。
The ship made slow progress through the rough sea.那艘船在波涛汹涌的大海中缓慢地行驶。
Carelessness has been proved a hindrance to our progress.粗心已经被证明是我们前进的障碍。
He began on a technical innovation two years ago but has made no progress so far.两年前他着手进行一项技术革新,但迄今尚无任何进展。
He often comes here to check on my progress.他常常来这里看看我的进展情况。
I noticed with great satisfaction that you made great progress.我很满意地看到,你取得了很大的进步。
Don't cry down the very real progress these people have made.不要贬低这些人取得的切实进步。
I never dreamed that you should have made such great progress in this very short time.我做梦也没有想到你在这么短的时间内会取得那么大的进步。
The Victorian Age is often boasted of as an age of progress.维多利亚时代常常被夸耀为进步时代。
Lack of experience does not constitute a major hindrance to progress.经验缺乏并不是进步的主要障碍。
Economic factors determine the progress which a society can make.经济因素是社会进步的决定因素。
I am glad that you are making so great a progress in English.你在英语方面取得这么大的进步,我很高兴。

此后她有了很大进步。
［误］  Since then she has won〔done,gained〕 great progress.
［正］  Since then she has made great progress.
［析］  “取得进步”一般说make progress,动词不用win〔gain,do〕。