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

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。
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。
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。
From the Opium War onwards each stage in the development of the revolution has had its own distinguishing characteristics.
从***战争以来，各个革命发展阶段各有若干特点。
The shop is open from this day onwards.
该店从今天起开始营业。
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 humans and other mammals, the mortality rate in males is higher than in females from puberty onwards.
在人类和其他哺乳动物中，雄性在青春期后的死亡率高于雌性。
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。
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。
From then onwards, everything between them changed.
从那时起他们之间的一切都变了。