western
- 英式英标[\'wɛstɚn]
- 美式音标[\'west(ə)n]
adj. 西方的，西部的；有西方特征的
n. 西方人；西部片，西部小说
n. (Western)人名；(英)韦斯顿
英文词源
- 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.
实用例句
- 1. Those statements have never been reported in the Western media.
- 那些言论似乎从来没有被西方媒体报道过。
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- 2. A wave of immigrants is washing over Western Europe.
- 移民潮正席卷西欧。
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- 3. Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports.
- 西方外交官刻意贬低这些报告的重要性。
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- 4. The western-most part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers.
- 北威尔士最西部是说威尔士语人的聚居区。
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- 5. Estonia has done much to cultivate the friendship of western European countries.
- 爱沙尼亚努力发展与西欧国家的友谊。
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