onward

英 [ˈɒnwəd]

美 [ˈɑːnwərd]

adj.  继续的; 向前的

CET6

Collins.1 / BNC.15062 / COCA.12108

牛津词典

adj.

• 继续的；向前的
  continuing or moving forward
  1. Ticket prices include your flight and onward rail journey.
     票价包括您的飞行航程和接续的铁路旅费。

柯林斯词典

In British English, onwards is an adverb and onward is an adjective. In American English and sometimes in formal British English, onward may also be an adverb. 在英国英语中，onwards为副词，onward 为形容词。在美国英语及有时在英国英语的正式语体中，onward 亦可为副词。


• ADJ 向前的；前进的
  Onwardmeans moving forward or continuing a journey.
  1. British Airways have two flights a day to Bangkok, and there are onward flights to Phnom Penh.
     英国航空公司每天有两个航班飞往曼谷，那里有前往金边的接续航班。
  2. Onwardis also an adverb.
     
  3. The bus continued onward...
     公共汽车继续往前开。
  4. He measured the distance to the nearest Antarctic coast, and onwards to the South Pole.
     他测量了到南极洲海岸最近的距离，以及从海岸再到南极的距离。
• ADJ 发展的；进步的；日趋重要的
  Onwardmeans developing, progressing, or becoming more important over a period of time.
  1. ...the onward march of progress in the British aircraft industry.
     英国航空业的稳步发展
  2. Onwardis also an adverb.
     
  3. I can see things just going onwards and upwards for us now...
     我认为从现在起我们的境况只会越来越好。
  4. The most important thing now is to move onwards.
     现在至关重要的是要继续向前推进。
• ADV （从某时起）一直
  If something happens from a particular timeonwardsoronward, it begins to happen at that time and continues to happen afterwards.
  1. From the turn of the century onward, she shared the life of the aborigines.
     她自世纪之交以来便同土著居民生活在一起。

英英释义

adv

• in a forward direction
  1. go ahead
  2. the train moved ahead slowly
  3. the boat lurched ahead
  4. moved onward into the forest
  5. they went slowly forward in the mud
  Synonym:aheadonwardsforwardforwardsforrader
• forward in time or order or degree
  1. from that time forth
  2. from the sixth century onward
  Synonym:forthforward

双语例句

• In this way, you empower yourself to continue onward.
  这样，你便赋予了自己继续前进的力量。
• Teaching and guiding onward and upward.
  教导和指引人向前和向上。
• I am confident of our strategic plans in China for2006 and onward.
  我对我们2006年及以后的中国经营战略充满信心。
• From July onward you will be reporting to Sally green, the new head of department.
  从7月起，你将向新的系主任汇报工作。
• And my train will carry me onward though my heart would surely stay.
  火车将带走我的人但是我的心将留下。
• From 1942 onward I worked on the first anti-midget-submarine detection systems.
  从1942年往后，我研究了头一批反小型潜艇的探测系统。
• Your capacity to endure has increased a hundredfold, as your Mastery of Self continues ever onward and upward.
  你们忍耐的能力已经增强了百倍，因为你们自身掌控的能力在持续不断的向前向上发展。
• Her feet had brought her onward to this point before she had quite realized where she was; and now all was contrary to her expectation.
  在她还没有完全意识到她到了什么地方的时候，她的两条腿就已经把她带到了这个地方；而现在看来，一切都完全和她期望的相反。
• 22. I was nervous, but I led the parade onward.
  22、我精神紧张，但是仍率领着这支队伍前进。
• But the dream of a bountiful West Coast urged the Joads onward.
  然而，对富饶的西海岸的梦想激励着乔德一家继续前进。