western
英 ['west(?)n]
美 ['w?st?n]
- adj. 西方的，西部的；有西方特征的
- n. 西方人；西部片，西部小說
- n. (Western)人名；(英)韋斯頓
英文詞源
- western (adj.)
- "toward or of the west," late Old English westerne "western, westerly, coming from the west," from west + -erne, suffix denoting direction. The noun meaning "book or movie about the Old West" is first attested 1909. Westerner is from 1837 as "person from the U.S. West," 1880 as "Euro-American," as opposed to Oriental.
雙語例句
- 1. Those statements have never been reported in the Western media.
- 那些言論似乎從來沒有被西方媒體報道過。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A wave of immigrants is washing over Western Europe.
- 移民潮正席卷西歐。
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- 3. Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports.
- 西方外交官刻意貶低這些報告的重要性。
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- 4. The western-most part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers.
- 北威爾士最西部是說威爾士語人的聚居區(qū)。
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- 5. Estonia has done much to cultivate the friendship of western European countries.
- 愛沙尼亞努力發(fā)展與西歐國家的友誼。
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