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

• The storm is moving slowly eastwards.
  暴风雨正向东慢慢推进。
• The brook meanders eastwards.
  小河弯弯曲曲地向东流去。
• Why did the Indian traders sail eastwards?
  印度商人为何往东航行呢。
• 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。
• Rocks lay eastwards of the ship's course.
  轮船航线的东面有礁石。
• 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。
• Western isolation has forced Syria increasingly to look eastwards for its economic future.
  西方的孤立迫使叙利亚日益向东方寻找经济发展出路。
• The Central Pacific, taking Sacramento for its starting-point, extends eastwards to meet the road from Omaha.
  这一段叫中央太平洋铁路，火车以萨克拉门托为起点，向东方前进和奥马哈开出的火车在中途错车。
• 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。
• 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。