onwards

英 [ˈɒnwədz]

美 [ˈɑːnwərdz]

adv. 从(某时)起一直; 向前; 前往

CET6 IELTS

BNC.4467 / COCA.23422

同义词辨析

onwards forward【导航词义：向前】

onwardsadv. 〈文〉往前，向前

〔辨析〕

指向着前方或前往某个方向，有时含持续之意。

〔例证〕

She walked onwards to the pool.
她一直向前，走到水池那里。
The troops moved onwards.
部队继续前进。
They drove onwards towards the forest.
他们驱车前往森林。

forward (adv. 向前

〔辨析〕

普通用词，指朝着面前的某处或某一方位。

〔例证〕

The soldiers crept forward under heavy gunfire.
士兵们冒着密集的炮火匍匐前进。
Then he took another small step forward.
随后，他又向前走了一小步。
He fell forwards on his face.
他面朝前栽倒在地。

牛津词典

adv.

从（某时）起一直
continuing from a particular time
1. They lived there from the 1980s onwards.
  他们从1980年代起一直住在那里。
2. The pool is open from 7 a.m. onwards.
  游泳池从早上7点起开放。
向前；前往
forward
1. We drove onwards towards the coast.
  我们驱车前往海滨。

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:aheadonwardforwardforwardsforrader

双语例句

At this last command all the sails were lowered, and the vessel moved almost imperceptibly onwards.
最后那个命令刚下达完，所有的帆就都收了下来，船在凭借惯性向前滑行，几乎觉不到是在向前移动了。
All government bonds issued from 2013 onwards will have collective action clauses.
而2013年之后开始发行的所有政府债券都将带有“集体行动条款”。
From adolescence onwards, they cosmetically adorn their lips, applying lipstick and colors.
从青春期开始，女人就使用唇膏和唇彩来修饰自己的嘴唇。
From then onwards, everything between them changed.
从那时起他们之间的一切都变了。
The crowd began to move onwards.
人群开始向前移动。
The medical professional bodies reply that development from fertilisation onwards is a continuum.
专业医疗机构答复说受精以后的发育是连续的。
From birth onwards, they were kept in bondage to their masters.
从出生起，他们便受到主人的奴役。
From now onwards my teacher will be stricter.
从此我的老师会更加严格。
Next week onwards I will spend my tuesdays attending navigation course!
下星期开始，我每个星期二会去上航海课！
But from mid-2009 onwards, measures were taken to reduce the fiscal deficit by slashing expenditure and increasing revenues.
但从2009年年中开始，冰岛采取了一些措施，通过大幅削减开支、增加收入来降低财政赤字。