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单词 westward
释义
westward
adverb
uk
/ˈwest.wəd/us
/ˈwest.wɚd/
(alsowestwards)
towards thewest:
Wefollowedaroadleadingwestward.我们沿着一条向西的路走。
Theboatdriftedwestwards.那条小船向西漂去。
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Points of the compass
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  • E, e
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  • easternmost
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  • magnetic north
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westward
adjective
uk
/ˈwest.wəd/us
/ˈwest.wɚd/
towards thewest:
向西的
He set off in a westwarddirection.他朝着西方出发了。
Synonym
westerly
Compare
westbound
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Points of the compass
  • cardinal point
  • compass reading
  • compass rose
  • E, e
  • easterly
  • eastern
  • easternmost
  • geomagnetic pole
  • magnetic north
  • northeastern
  • northeastward
  • northerly
  • northern
  • northernmost
  • southeastern
  • southern
  • southwestern
  • true north
  • western
  • westernmost
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(Definition ofwestwardfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

westward| American Dictionary

westward
adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈwest·wərd/
(alsowestwards,us/ˈwest·wərdz/)
toward thewest:
Thecloudsdriftedwestward.
westward
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈwest·wərd/
going or being toward thewest:
a westwardroute
(Definition ofwestwardfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwestward

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The frontal parts of these thrust sheets formerly projected westwards over the relatively thin-skinned marginal thrust belt.
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Chaotic and speculative expansion spread northwards as well as westwards with the crisis of subsistence in the countryside.
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Lastly, on the beta plane, the blocking is greater for eastward rather thanwestwardflow.
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Examination of the western boundary layer shows the usualwestwardintensification as in transport theories.
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We were reluctantly compelled to retrace our steps, and try to proceedwestwardin another direction.
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When friction is present, the stationary field has a component with anticyclones (high pressures) on thewestwardsides of the crests.
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In addition, there was more eastward thanwestwardmigration.
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Thewestwardexpansion of this group would have resulted in the cancellation of the conduit.
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Most of the refugees had already left the camps and were movingwestwardwhen aid workers spotted them.
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The summit caldera is about 1 km in diameter and forms the ' ' neve for awestwardflowing glacier.
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However, as the causeway extendedwestward, the level of the walking surface was raised to compensate for the gradual decrease in elevation of the natural terrain.
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Excavation proceeded from east of the main skeleton nor thward andwestwardalong the nor th margin of the tomb, which was in par t delimited by a masonry wall.
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In a sense the disturbance to droplet shape caused by depositing mass at the western foot region is alleviated by thewestwardmotion of the entire droplet.
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Naturally, its portals facedwestward.
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In addition to the changes in the degree of polarization, in long-term runs thewestwardmovement of the sun introduces errors in the orientation with respect to geographic north.
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