westwards

英 [ˈwestwədz]

美 [ˈwestwərdz]

adv.  向西; 朝西

高考

BNC.14658

牛津词典

adv.

• 向西；朝西
  towards the west
  1. to turn westwards
     向西转

英英释义

adv

• toward the west
  1. they traveled westward toward the setting sun
  Synonym:westward

双语例句

• At the beginning of 21st century, Our country move westwards economic development weight, Implement the development of western regions, it is concerning the great strategic policy moved towards in socio-economic development of our country and the important component of socialist modernization drive.
  我国在21世纪初将经济发展重心西移，实施西部大开发，这是关系到我国经济社会发展走向的重大战略决策，是社会主义现代化建设的重要组成部分。
• It appears to be linked to the Algerian leadership's poor relations with the Libyan National Transitional Council ( NTC), which in turn betrays its deep-seated fear of instability spreading westwards.
  这也显示出阿尔及利亚与利比亚过渡委员会关系之糟糕，而后者反过来也在把前者所深深惧怕的“不稳定因素”带给前者。
• But the majority of goods shipped there are for final assembly before being re-exported westwards.
  但运往大陆的大多数产品只是在那里进行最后组装，然后重新出口到西方。
• They were heading westwards to where the land rose more steeply.
  他们朝西边走着，地势起来起陡。
• They turned westward/ westwards after crossing the river.
  他们过河以后向西拐了。
• The art of paper making reached westwards to Baghdad, Iraq in the 8th century at the height of the Islamic culture.
  回教文化在八世纪时达到全盛时期，造纸技术在此时向西传到伊拉克的巴格达。
• Soon firemen were hurrying westwards.
  消防员迅速往西边去救火。
• The army were pushing the frontier westwards.
  军队正在将边界向西推进。
• The horizontal motion in the north part of Shanxi fault zone is contrary to the trend motion, if taking the Daixian as a center the northern section of the zone moves eastwards and the southern section westwards;
  山西断裂带北段水平运动与趋势运动几乎相反，以代县为中心，北部区段相对向东运动，南部区段相对向西运动。
• The American prairies were traversed in the nineteenth century by broad bison roads, made by herds of buffalo moving several beasts abreast, and then used by early settlers as they pushed westwards across the Great Plains.
  十九世纪时北美大草原上横亘着条条宽广的野牛之路，它们是成群的北美野牛数头一排并肩迁徙时留下的，后来北美早期移民就沿着这些道路穿过大平原去开拓西域。