这两个词都可作“在西方的,西部的”解。它们的区别在于: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。
词根词缀法
west西方;ern形容词后缀,所以Western就是西部的。
重要短语
western countries西方国家(western西方;country的复数形式);西域
western medicine西医;西药
western culture西方文化
western europe西欧
The factory was to be a showpiece of Western investment in the East.
这家工厂将会成为西方在东方投资的样板。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Those statements have never been reported in the Western media.
那些言论似乎从来没有被西方媒体报道过。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》I executed the hairpin turn high on the sheer western face of the mountains.
我在山脉西侧陡峭的高处成功地急转弯。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》They said Western aid was needed to cushion the blows of vital reform.
他们称需要西方的援助来缓解重大改革带来的冲击。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The theatre company will kick off the season with a production of The Playboy of the Western World.
剧团将以《西方世界的花花公子》这出剧拉开本届戏剧节的序幕.
来源:《简明英汉词典》The expansion of Western capitalism incorporated the Third World into an exploitative world system.
西方资本主义的扩张将第三世界并入了剥削性的世界体系中。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot.
医院遭到了轰炸,汉斯就步行回到了西德.
来源:《用法词典》There were fears that some of the Western hostages might be killed in reprisal.
有人担心一些西方人质可能会受到报复性杀害。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Western companies were readying themselves for the challenge from Eastern markets.
西方的公司正在为迎接来自东方市场的挑战作准备。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》It seemed to him that western civilization was in grave economic and cultural danger.
在他看来,西方文明似乎陷入严重的经济和文化危机。
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