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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++on·ward /ˈɒnwəd $ ˈɑːnwərd, ˈɒːn-/ adjective [only before noun]  TTFORWARDmoving forward or continuing 向前的;继续的 The company offers flights to Amsterdam with onward travel to The Hague. 这家公司开设了飞往阿姆斯特丹并续飞海牙的航班。 the onward march of science 科学的不断发展
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onwardHer thoughts were so jumbled that they could only drive her onward.At the time, GeoRef covered the period from 1969 onward, and GeoArchive from 1974 onward.Given his rate of drift, within ten or fifteen minutes the home-base would pass onward beneath him.the onward march of scientific progressHis life has a sense of purposive onward movement.There was great discussion about the onward route.The parquet is responsible for the onward transmission of the documents via central government agencies.tickets for onward travelFrom the age of six onward, Vologsky had been able to apply almost total recall to figures of any sort.onward marchIf the onward march of globalisation can not be halted, the case for a more effective regional policy has become unassailable.It's as if he has been holding up the onward march of history, and history can not wait.For more than a century factory acts and ever shorter working hours marked the onward march of industrial progress.Practical gardening Organic gardening continues its onward march through our bookcases.
on·ward adjectiveChineseSyllable
forward Corpus continuing or moving


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onward
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onward /ˈɒnwəd $ ˈɑːnwərd, ˈɒːn-/ adjective [only before noun]
moving forward or continuing:
    The company offers flights to Amsterdam with onward travel to The Hague.
    the onward march of science

II
onwards /ˈɒnwədz $ ˈɑːnwərdz, ˈɒːn-/ (also onward American English) adverb
1. from ... onwards beginning at a particular time or age and continuing after that:
    from the 1980s onwards
2. literary forwards:
    He walked onwards to the head of the lake.
3. onwards and upwards used to say that the development, increase, or progress of something continues:
    With exports strong, the business is moving onwards and upwards.


on·wardBrE /ˈɒnwəd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɑːnwərd/ 🔊, /ˈɔːnwərd/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (formal) continuing or moving forward 继续的;向前的Ticket prices include your flight and onward rail journey. 票价包括您的机票和接续的铁路旅费。🔊🔊