outward是什么意思

outward

英 ['a?tw?d] 美 ['a?tw?d]

outward 外面的

out-,向外，-ward,朝向。

outward (adj.): Old English utweard "toward the outside, external" (of an enclosure, surface, etc.), earlier utanweard, from ute, utan "outside" (from ut; see out) + -weard (see -ward). Of persons, in reference to the external appearance (usually opposed to inner feelings), it is attested from c. 1500. Also as an adverb in Old English (utaword). Outward-bound "directed on a course out from home port" is first recorded c. 1600; with capital initials, it refers to a sea school founded in 1941. Related: Outwardly; outwardness.

1. Normally, such an outward display of affection is reserved for his mother.: 通常，只有在母親面前他的情感才會如此外露。

2. The material can absorb outward-going radiation from the Earth.: 該物質(zhì)可以吸收地球向外輻射的能量。

3. Other poor countries looked outward, strengthening their ties to the economic superpowers.: 其他貧窮國家將目光投向國外，加強與經(jīng)濟強國的聯(lián)系。

4. Mark was lying unconscious but with no outward sign of injury.: 馬克躺在那兒昏迷不醒，但看不出受傷的跡象。