d)DNNEARBritish EnglishBrE formal if a period of time or an eventdraws on, it comes closer to its end 〔一段时间、某一事件〕临近结束
Winter is drawing on.
冬天快过去了。
As the journey drew on, he started to feel tired.
旅程将尽,他开始感到累了。
nCOLLOCATIONS
nouns
draw on somebody's experience
The books have drawn on the experience of practising teachers.
draw on somebody's knowledge
Fortunately I was able to draw on my own knowledge of the law.
draw on somebody's resources
The committee has drawn on the resources and skills of several local people.
draw on somebody's ideas
We hope that we will be able to draw on these ideas to develop the work further.
draw on somebody's expertise (=expert knowledge and experience)
Now we can draw on the expertise of some of the most talented network engineers.
Examples from the Corpus
draw on• It was a challenge, but luckily we had the experience to draw on.• Journalistsdraw on both published and unofficial information from many different sources.• As a teacher, she drew on her knowledge of her own children.• She lit her last cigarette, and drew on it slowly.