west
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[west
]n.西方,西部 adj.西的,西方的 adv.向西方
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west
/west; wɛst/
n [sing] (abbr 缩写 W)
1 the west point on the horizon where the sun sets; one of the four main points of the compass 西; 西方
*The rain is coming from the west. 这场雨是从西面来的.
* Bristol is in the west of England. 布里斯托尔位于英格兰的西部.
* She lives to the west of (ie further west than) Glasgow. 她住在格拉斯哥以西的地方. Cf 参看 east, north, south.2 the West
(a) the non-Communist countries of Europe and America 西方国家(欧美非共产党执政的国家).
(b) Europe, contrasted with Oriental countries 西方(欧洲, 与东方国家相对照).
3 the West the western side of the USA 美国西部
*She's lived in the West (eg California) for ten years now. 她在西部(如加利福尼亚州)到现在已住了十年了.
4 (idm 习语) go `west (dated sl 旧, 俚) be destroyed, used up, ruined, etc 完蛋; 用光; 毁灭; 归西; 上西天
*There was a fire, and five years of research work went west. 失了一场火, 五年的研究工作毁于一旦.
adj [attrib 作定语]
1 in or towards the west 在西方的; 向西方的; 朝西的
*the west side of London 伦敦的西部.
2 (of winds) blowing from the west (指风)来自西方的. Cf 参看 westerly.
adv towards the west 向西方
*travel west 向西方行进
* three miles west of here 从这里向西三英里
* The building faces west. 这座建筑物面朝西.
west
nthe Westthe western part of the world and the people that live there, especially Western Europe and North America
the industrial countries of the Westthe western part of the US
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Midwest, West Coast
1. East, west, home is best. 金窝、银窝,不如自己的草窝。
2. But these early misgivings were not shared by everyone, and, in May 1968, one of Britain´s most eminent cardiac surgeons, Donald Ross, decided to perform the operation on 45-year-old Frederick West. 但是,并不是所有人都怀有这种疑问。1968年5月,作为英国最著名的心脏外科医生之一的唐纳德·威斯决定给四十五岁的弗雷德里克·韦斯特进行心脏移植手术。
3. This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic meet. 这是伦敦西区三条主要干线汇合的地方。
4. The road trends towards the west. 这条路通向西方。
5. This is why their dead were buried on the west bank of the Nile. 所以他们就把死者埋葬在尼罗河西岸。
6. To the west you can see the Libyan Desert, and to the east you can see the green Nile Valley and the modern city of Cairo. 向西,你可以看到利比亚沙漠,向东,可以看到绿色的尼罗河流域和开罗这座现代化城市。
7. They show that the Khoisan may be a very ancient mix of west Asians and black Africans. 基因研究表明科伊桑人可能是古代西亚人与非洲黑人的混血,
8. Hart actually knew something of the old West. 他确实了解西部早期拓荒生活的一些情况。
9. He moved all three matches from east to west and said that was what should be done — meaning that much of the new Poland should be carved out of Germany and that the Soviet Union should retain the Polish territory seized on the basis of the Nazi-Sovi 他把三根火柴全部从东部移到了西部,并且说这就是应该做的事——意思是新波兰的大部分从德国分离出来,苏联应当继续保留根据德苏条约侵占的波兰领土。
10. An airliner crashed west of Denver last night. 昨夜一架班机在丹佛西边坠毁。
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