west

1. N-UNCOUNT The west is the direction you look toward in the evening in order to see the sun set. 西方[also 'the' N]

I pushed on toward Flagstaff, a hundred miles to the west. 我繼續(xù)向西邊100英里處的弗拉格斯塔夫市前進(jìn)。

2. N-SING The west of a place, country, or region is the part of it which is in the west. 西部

Many of the buildings in the west of the city are on fire. 該城西部的許多建筑都著火了。

3. ADV If you go west, you travel toward the west. 往西邊[ADV after v]

We are going west to California. 我們將往西去加利福尼亞。

4. ADV Something that is west of a place is positioned to the west of it. …以西

Penryn is about 60 miles west of Philadelphia. 彭林位于費(fèi)城以西60英里的地方。

5. ADJ The west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is toward the west. 西部的[ADJ n]

...a small island off the west coast of South Korea. …韓國(guó)西海岸外的一個(gè)小島。

6. ADJ West is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the west of a larger area. (用于國(guó)家、州和地區(qū)的名稱中) 西部的[ADJ n]

Mark has been working in West Africa for about six months. 馬克已在西非工作了大約六個(gè)月。

...his West Hollywood home. …他在西好萊塢的家。

7. ADJ A west wind blows from the west. 從西邊吹來(lái)的 (風(fēng))[ADJ n]

...the warm west wind. …和煦的西風(fēng)。

8. N-SING The West is used to refer to the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe. 西方國(guó)家 (指美國(guó)、加拿大以及西歐、北歐和南歐諸國(guó))

...relations between Iran and the West. …伊朗和西方國(guó)家之間的關(guān)系。