west /wɛst/ (also West) CET4

• 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]

  例：

  I pushed on toward Flagstaff, a hundred miles to the west.

  我继续向西边100英里处的弗拉格斯塔夫市前进。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  Many of the buildings in the west of the city are on fire.

  该城西部的许多建筑都着火了。

• 3. 

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

  例：

  We are going west to California.

  我们将往西去加利福尼亚。

• 4. 

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

  例：

  Penryn is about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.

  彭林位于费城以西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]

  例：

  ...a small island off the west coast of South Korea.

  …韩国西海岸外的一个小岛。

• 6. 

  ADJ West is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the west of a larger area. (用于国家、州和地区的名称中) 西部的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Mark has been working in West Africa for about six months.

  马克已在西非工作了大约六个月。

  例：

  ...his West Hollywood home.

  …他在西好莱坞的家。

• 7. 

  ADJ A west wind blows from the west. 从西边吹来的 (风) [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...the warm west wind.

  …和煦的西风。

• 8. 

  N-SING The West is used to refer to the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe. 西方国家 (指美国、加拿大以及西欧、北欧和南欧诸国)

  例：

  ...relations between Iran and the West.

  …伊朗和西方国家之间的关系。