Make a feint to the east but attack in the west.声东击西。
Here the river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这条河在这里急转向西流去。
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.太阳从东方升起,从西方落下。
She works in the west of Scotland.她在苏格兰的西部工作。
The island is to the west of the mainland.这岛屿在大陆以西。
Many Asians are migrating to the West.许多亚洲人移民去了西方国家。
The West is more developed than the East in some fields.在某些方面,西方比东方发达。
She has lived in the West for ten years now.她在西部迄今为止已住了10年了。
正误解析
老挝在越南西面。
[误] Laos is in the west of Vietnam.
[正] Laos is on the west of Vietnam.
[析] 表示“在…的西面”,应该说on the west of...,其中介词on不能改成in,因为前者不包括在后者的范围之内。
west
adj. [west]
双解释义
A 在西方的,西部的,朝西的 in the west or facing the west
基本要点
1.west用作形容词的意思是“在西方的,西部的,朝西的”。
2.west在句中多用作定语。
3.the West End意为“伦敦西部的繁华地区”。
词汇搭配
~+名词
west door 西门
W- Germany 德国西部
west side 西边
west wind 西风
the W- End 伦敦西部的繁华地区
句型例句
用作定语
▲~+n.
You enter the church through the west door.你经由西门进教堂。
They live in West Germany.他们住在德国西部。
There was a west wind blowing.那儿正刮着西风。
The shop is on the west side of the street.商店在街道的西边。
The Russian ballet is making a tour of Western Europe.俄罗斯芭蕾舞团正在西欧访问演出。
We spent an enjoyable evening in the West End.我们在伦敦西部的繁华地区度过了一个愉快的晚上。
词语辨异
west, western 这两个词都可作“在西方的,西部的”解。其区别在于:west重点在于形容方位或指从西方来的; western则指从某一固定点看西方,也可指从某物、某地朝西方看。
west
adv. [west]
双解释义
向西,朝西 towards the west
基本要点
west用作副词时意为“向西,朝西”,在句中多用作状语,多修饰动态动词,位于所修饰的词语之后。
词汇搭配
动词+~
drive west 驾车向西行
face west 面朝西
fly west 向西飞行
go west 向西走
head west 朝西驶去
常用短语
go west 〈口〉完蛋,上西天 cease to be of use〔exist〕
My old vacuum cleaner has gone west at last and I'll have to buy a new one.我的旧吸尘器终于完蛋了,因此我得买一个新的。
There was a fire and five years of research work went west.一场火灾,5年的研究工作毁于一旦。
He's gone west.他上西天了。
句型例句
He went west.他向西走。
Walk west two blocks.往西走两个街区。
I drove west along the road.我驾车沿公路向西行。
The boat changed direction and headed west.那条船改变航向,朝西驶去。
The plane flew west.飞机向西飞行。
The room faces west, so we get the evening sun.这房间朝西,所以我们看得见夕阳。