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

• 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。
• They've now advanced westwards along the coastal highway.
  他们现在已经沿着海岸高速公路向西推进。
• Securing control over the pipelines bringing oil and gas westwards is one.
  控制通往西方的石油天然气管道是其一。
• The Santa Ana winds, which whip dry air from the desert plateau westwards and downwards into southern California.
  名为圣安娜的大风驱使着来自沙漠高原的干热空气向西然后向南进入南加州。
• The sedimentary scope extends westwards and the center migrates from east to west.
  层序Ⅴ&Ⅵ基准面继续上升，沉积格局发生明显变化，沉积范围继续向西扩大，沉积中心由东往西迁移。
• Slowly spread westwards across europe.
  在欧洲也一同向西面散播。
• The surface current flows westwards through the straits into the Sea of Marmaris, but there is a deep current which flows simultaneously in the opposite direction, back into the Black Sea.
  表面的向西的水流通过海峡流向马尔马里斯海，但与此同时，深层水流流向相反的方向，重新再流向黑海。
• 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。
• People moved westwards across the European continent for more than seven thousand years and settled in the country.
  七千多年来，人们穿越欧洲大陆向西迁移，到爱尔兰定居。
• They were heading westwards to where the land rose more steeply.
  他们朝西边走着，地势起来起陡。