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 then onwards, everything between them changed.
从那时起他们之间的一切都变了。
The shop is open from this day onwards.
该店从今天起开始营业。
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。
So from now onwards, watch what you say, especially what you say repeatedly.
因此，从现在起，看你怎么说，尤其是你说什么反复。
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。
In the spring, they journeyed onwards to Mexico city.
春天他们去墨西哥城旅行了。
From the Opium War onwards each stage in the development of the revolution has had its own distinguishing characteristics.
从鸦片战争以来，各个革命发展阶段各有若干特点。
A room has been booked from September onwards, in the interim, meetings will be held at my house.
房间已订好，从九月份起使用。现在这段时间，会议将在我家里举行。
From that moment onwards, Hong Kong returned to the big family of the motherland.
香港从那一时刻起，重新回到了祖国大家庭。
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！