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

• They started out eastwards, to their green home, leaving firm footprints in the barren waste.
  他们出发了，向着东方，向着绿色的家乡，死漠里留下了一行不屈的脚印。
• Now the smoke and factories have gone, the City is also spreading eastwards.
  在消灭了烟尘和工厂之后，伦敦金融城目前还在向东扩展。
• The brook meanders eastwards.
  小河弯弯曲曲地向东流去。
• The medical unit made its way eastwards.
  医疗队向东行进。
• 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。
• The fascists were coming eastwards swiftly, they said.
  他们说，法西斯军正在迅速地向东推进。
• Not everyone is happy with the eastwards turn.
  不是所有人都对土耳其向东转向感到高兴。
• 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。
• As the Shang declined, the State of Zhou on the Loess Plateau in the west grew stronger and expanded eastwards.
  在商朝日益衰落的时候，来自西部黄土高原的周国却日益强盛，势力不断向东扩张。
• As the European Union has turned in on itself in response to the shift of global power eastwards, so too have its member states.
  面对全球实力向东方的转移，欧盟（EU）选择了闭关自守，其成员国也一样。