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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++out·wards /ˈaʊtwədz $ -wərdz/ ●○○ (also outward American English) adverb  OUT/OUTSIDEtowards the outside or away from the centre of something 往外,向外 OPP inwards The door opens outwards. 这门是朝外开的。facing/looking/spreading etc outwards Stand with your elbows pointing outwards. 站立时肘部外展。
Examples from the Corpus
outwardsAs the plane exploded, the metal of the fuselage was blown outwards.Glass and white liquid splashed outwards.He slid off his stool, hands open, palms outwards.Make a slanting cut just above a bud facing outwards and in the direction you want the rose to grow.Radiating outwards are the paths to the pastures and the frontiers of the Masai world.London is expanding outwards at an alarming rate, swallowing up large areas of beautiful countryside.And when you look about, there is the city, grey on grey, flowing outwards in every direction.Nell pressed her arms and legs outwards, slithering down in short movements.As it travels outwards, the fluid tends to curve round in the flow direction.facing/looking/spreading etc outwardsBarbell press Stand upright, holding the bar at shoulder height in front of your chest with your palms facing outwards.He followed the King into his chamber, and Thorfinn in silence walked to the window and stood there, looking outwards.Make a slanting cut just above a bud facing outwards and in the direction you want the rose to grow.Hold the bar with an alternate grip, that is one palm facing outwards and one facing inwards.And then the slow ink spreading outwards and the wheels turning and a voice, it was Vasco's, warning him.Also looking outwards, others such as Shahn, Lawrence, Fougeron and Eardley pointed to social or political injustice.The concern is with taking a wider perspective, looking outwards rather than inwards.
out·wards adverbChineseSyllable
away the Corpus the outside from or towards


outwards
outwards /ˈaʊtwədz $ -wərdz/ (also outward American English) adverb
towards the outside or away from the centre of something
   OPP  inwards:
    The door opens outwards.
    facing/looking/spreading etc outwards
    Stand with your elbows pointing outwards.


out·wardsBrE /ˈaʊtwədz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈaʊtwərdz/ 🔊 (BrE) (also out·ward NAmE, BrE ) adverb~ (from sth) towards the outside; away from the centre or from a particular point 向外;朝外The door opens outwards. 这个门向外开。🔊🔊Factories were spreading outwards from the old heart of the town. 工厂从旧城中心逐渐向外扩展。🔊🔊 OPP inwards