onward

onward — 形容詞

1. describing travel, movement, or time that keeps going toward a later stage or a

1.形容詞C1
釋義

後續的

朝更後面的時間或更遠處繼續進行

describing travel, movement, or time that keeps going toward a later stage or a place farther away.

例句

After lunch, the bus began its onward trip through the mountains.

午餐後,巴士開始了穿越山區的後續行程。

collocation: onward trip

Heavy snow blocked the hikers' onward progress near the old stone bridge.

大雪在老石橋附近擋住了登山客的前行進度。

collocation: onward progress

同義詞
  • further

    common for an additional stage or a place beyond the present one.

  • continuing

    stresses that something does not stop, more than its direction.

  • forward

    can overlap, but is much more common as an adverb.

文法句型

onward journey

onward progress

onward route

onward travel

用法筆記

Usually appears before nouns such as journey, travel, progress, route, or march. Distinguish from adverb/1: this sense modifies the noun itself, while adverb/1 modifies the action or names the time after a point.

常見錯誤

The trip onward was long.
The onward trip was long.
💡as an adjective, onward usually comes before the noun.

onward — 副詞