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

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。
Since that moment when you were born onwards, you are doomed to go back.
自从你生下来的那一刻起，你就注定要回去。
Although the ban ended in 1660, from the late 17th century onwards, Christmas went out of fashion.
尽管禁令在1660年取消，但自17世纪末以后，圣诞节就不再流行。
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。
In the spring, they journeyed onwards to Mexico city.
春天他们去墨西哥城旅行了。
The shop is open from this day onwards.
该店从今天起开始营业。
We can only change our behaviours from today onwards.
从今天开始，我们只能改变我们的行为。
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！
From this point onwards, the administrator will follow the steps needed for NFS server and NFS client setup.
从现在开始，管理员可以执行NFS服务器和NFS客户端设置所需的步骤。
In the civil service, he might have gone onwards and upwards.
他要是在文职部门也许早就青云直上了。