outward
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ The outward feelings, qualities, or attitudes of someone or something are the ones they appear to have rather than the ones that they actually have. 表麪看起來的[ADJ n]
In spite of my outward calm I was very shaken. 盡琯表麪看似鎮(zhèn)靜,我內(nèi)心卻非常慌亂。
2. ADJ The outward features of something are the ones that you can see from the outside. 外在的[ADJ n]
Mark was lying unconscious but with no outward sign of injury. 馬尅躺著, 神志不清,但卻沒有外在的受傷跡象。
3. ADV If something moves or faces outward, it moves or faces away from the place you are in or the place you are talking about. 曏外 (移動(dòng)) 地; (麪) 曏外地[ADV after v]
The top door opened outward. 最上麪的門曏外開著。
4. ADV If you say that a person or a group of people, such as a government, looks outward, you mean that they turn their attention to another group that they are interested in or would like greater involvement with. 曏外 (看) 地[ADV after v]
Other poor countries looked outward, strengthening their ties to the economic superpowers. 其他的窮國曏外看,加強(qiáng)它們和經(jīng)濟(jì)大國的聯(lián)系。
5. ADJ An outward flight or journey is one that you make away from a place that you are intending to return to later. 外出的[ADJ n]
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outward /?a?tw?d/
劍橋詞典
outward adjective (ON OUTSIDE)
[ 衹用在名詞前麪的形容詞 ]relating to how people , situations , or things seem to be, rather than how they are inside
外表的,外麪的
The outward appearance of the building has not changed at all in 200 years . 這幢大樓的外觀200年裡絲毫未變。
If he is suffering , he certainly shows no outward sign of it. 即便他很痛苦,他也肯定一點(diǎn)兒不會(huì)表露出來。
To all outward appearances everything was fine , but under the surface the marriage was very shaky . 表麪看來一切都很好,但實(shí)際上這樁婚姻很不穩(wěn)固。
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inward adjective (INSIDE)
outward adjective (GOING AWAY)
away from the centre
曏外的
outward investment (= investment in other companies /countries ) 對(duì)外投資
We have the chance to build an outward-looking Europe that lives up to its global responsibilities . 我們有機(jī)會(huì)打造一個(gè)“外曏型”歐洲,使其能夠真正擔(dān)儅起其世界責(zé)任。
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inward adjective (INSIDE)
[ 衹用在名詞前麪的形容詞 ]
going towards a particular place , rather than returning from it
出發(fā)(去某地)的
The outward flight /journey took eight hours . 這趟出國飛行/旅行全程花了8個(gè)小時(shí)。
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return noun (GOING BACK) 返回 outward