(亦作onwards /-z/)
1- in a continuing forward direction; ahead向前：
she stumbled onward.
她步履蹒跚地往前走。
1.1
- forward in time从…以后：
the period from 1969 onward.
从1969年以后的那段时间。
1.2
- figurative so as to make progress or become more successful〈喻〉取得进步; 获得成功：
the business moved onward and upward.
生意蒸蒸日上。
- (of a journey) going further rather than coming to an end or halt; moving forward（旅途）进展的, 向前推进的：
informing passengers where to change for their onward journey
通知旅客下一阶段旅行在哪里换车
figurative 〈喻〉the onward march of history.
历史车轮的滚滚向前。