outward /ˈaʊtwəd/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ The outward feelings, qualities, or attitudes of someone or something are the ones they appear to have rather than the ones that they actually have. 表面看起来的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  In spite of my outward calm I was very shaken.

  尽管表面看似镇静，我内心却非常慌乱。

• 2. 

  ADJ The outward features of something are the ones that you can see from the outside. 外在的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Mark was lying unconscious but with no outward sign of injury.

  马克躺着, 神志不清，但却没有外在的受伤迹象。

• 3. 

  ADV If something moves or faces outward, it moves or faces away from the place you are in or the place you are talking about. 向外 (移动) 地; (面) 向外地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  The top door opened outward.

  最上面的门向外开着。

• 4. 

  ADV If you say that a person or a group of people, such as a government, looks outward, you mean that they turn their attention to another group that they are interested in or would like greater involvement with. 向外 (看) 地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  Other poor countries looked outward, strengthening their ties to the economic superpowers.

  其他的穷国向外看，加强它们和经济大国的联系。

• 5. 

  ADJ An outward flight or journey is one that you make away from a place that you are intending to return to later. 外出的 [ADJ n]