eastwards

英 [ˈiːstwədz]

美 [ˈiːstwərdz]

adv.  向东; 朝东

高考

BNC.14945

牛津词典

adv.

• 向东；朝东
  towards the east
  1. to go/look/turn eastwards
     向东走 / 看 / 转

英英释义

adv

• toward the east
  1. they migrated eastward to Sweden
  Synonym:eastward

双语例句

• Rocks lay eastwards of the ship's course.
  轮船航线的东面有礁石。
• Mechanically I obeyed, turned eastwards, and with my cutlass raised, ran round the corner of the house.
  我机械地服从命令向东转，举着弯刀跑步绕过屋角。
• And Turin is bracing itself for flooding as torrential rains move eastwards.
  随着暴雨不断向东移动，都灵正全力为抗洪备战。
• They travelled eastwards round the mediterranean.
  他们沿地中海一带向东旅行。
• The medical unit made its way eastwards.
  医疗队向东行进。
• Saturday will be a cloudier day with outbreaks of mainly light rain in western areas, spreading slowly eastwards, though many central and eastern areas should remain dry.
  本周六是多云的天气，西部地区将有小雨，而且降雨会缓慢东移，不过中部大部分地区和东部部分地区仍将保持干燥天气。
• In corporate terms, the focus of the aluminium market is also shifting eastwards.
  在公司层面，铝市场的焦点也在向东方转移。
• Over the next few days the aim is to extend the zone eastwards until it covers the whole of the coast to the capital, Tripoli.
  在接下来的几天里，目标是将禁飞区向东延伸直达首都的黎波里，覆盖整个海岸地区。
• Thus a conflagration that begins in Iran could soon spread, taking in Israel, Lebanon and Syria and moving eastwards to the next country in this new crescent of conflict, Iraq.
  如此一来，起于伊朗的战火可能会迅速蔓延，烧至以色列、黎巴嫩、叙利亚，乃至向东蔓延至这一新冲突弧线上的下一个国家&伊拉克。
• But the deal taps into a widely-held perception that the crisis has accelerated a pre-existing trend for financial power to shift eastwards.
  但此笔交易强化了人们普遍存在的一种感觉：此次危机加快了金融权力东移这一原有趋势。