单词 | onwards |
释义 | onwardson·wards /ˈɒnwədz $ ˈɑːnwərdz, ˈɒːn-/ ●○○ (also onward American EnglishAmE) adverbadv 1 from ... onwards beginning at a particular time or age and continuing after that 从…起一直 from the 1980s onwards 从20世纪80年代起 Examples from the Corpus from ... onwards• It shows the decline in the percentage of the Gross Domestic Product devoted to Defence from 1946 onwards.• The Brackley blooms are brought out early with a little help from 400 watt lamps sunning them from January onwards.• Its ancestors served abroad from the 1630s onwards, and the tradition of foreign service continues today.• From this point onwards, attitudes to El Cid were divided.• At St-Denis, from 867 onwards, Charles himself was lay-abbot.• From the 1970s onwards governments restricted aggregate demand by a variety of means.• From that day onwards I entertained a high regard for his dexterity and skill in public affairs.• From then onwards, Winterthur's development into the city of today was rapid. 2 FORWARD literary forwards 往前,向前 He walked onwards to the head of the lake. 他一直向前,走到湖泊源头。 3 onwards and upwards used to say that the development, increase, or progress of something continues 持续发展;不断增加;不断进步 With exports strong, the business is moving onwards and upwards. 随着出口的走强,公司蒸蒸日上。 Examples from the Corpus onwards and upwards• And set off, onwards and upwards.• After the last recession ended, unemployment climbed onwards and upwards for another five years. Examples from the Corpus onwards• He loosed the brakes and the jeep rolled onwards.• Instead, the combined amount payable from next April will be £19.40 for the first child and £18.65 for the second onwards.• From the middle of the eighteenth century onwards a growing chorus of voices had championed the creation of a professional police.• He cursed, and spurred his long-suffering mount onwards again.• His need was to exist, and to move onwards at the greatest possible risk, and with a maximum of privation.• After eighty yards we came to the rails and sleepers themselves under a foot of water leading onwards into the blackness.• From birth onwards, male mortality rates exceeded those of females.• By the time it had been persuaded onwards the victoria was out of sight. |
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