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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++on·wards /ˈɒnwədz $ ˈɑːnwərdz, ˈɒːn-/ ●○○ (also onward American English) adverb  1 from ... onwards beginning at a particular time or age and continuing after that 起一直 from the 1980s onwards20世纪80年代起2 FORWARD literary forwards 往前,向前 He walked onwards to the head of the lake. 他一直向前,走到湖泊源头。3 onwards and upwards used to say that the development, increase, or progress of something continues 持续发展;不断增加;不断进步 With exports strong, the business is moving onwards and upwards. 随着出口的走强,公司蒸蒸日上。
Examples from the Corpus
onwardsHe loosed the brakes and the jeep rolled onwards.Instead, the combined amount payable from next April will be £19.40 for the first child and £18.65 for the second onwards.From the middle of the eighteenth century onwards a growing chorus of voices had championed the creation of a professional police.He cursed, and spurred his long-suffering mount onwards again.His need was to exist, and to move onwards at the greatest possible risk, and with a maximum of privation.After eighty yards we came to the rails and sleepers themselves under a foot of water leading onwards into the blackness.From birth onwards, male mortality rates exceeded those of females.By the time it had been persuaded onwards the victoria was out of sight.
on·wards adverbChineseSyllable
a Corpus and age at particular continuing or time beginning


onwards
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·wardsBrE /ˈɒnwədz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɑːnwərdz/ 🔊, /ˈɔːnwərdz/ 🔊 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually on·ward BrE /ˈɒnwəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːnwərd/ 🔊, /ˈɔːnwərd/ 🔊) adverbfrom… onwards continuing from a particular time 从(某时)起一直They lived there from the 1980s onwards. 他们从 20 世纪 80 年代起一直住在那里。🔊🔊The pool is open from 7 a.m. onwards. 游泳池从早上 7 点起开放。🔊🔊(formal) forward 向前;前往We drove onwards towards the coast. 我们驱车前往海滨。🔊🔊