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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

western

英  [ˈwestən]
    

[ADJ, NOUN]

又拼作 Western  
    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 西部的

    Western means in or from the west of a region, state, or country.

    双语例句

    例：

    hand-made rugs from Western and Central Asia.

    来自西亚和中亚的手工地毯。

    例：

    Moi University, in western Kenya.

    位于肯尼亚西部的莫伊大学。

    2. 西方国家的（指与北美、西欧、北欧、南欧各国相关的）

    Western is used to describe things, people, ideas, or ways of life that come from or are associated with the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe.

    双语例句

    例：

    Mexico had the support of the big western governments.

    墨西哥获得了西方大国政府的支持。

    例：

    Those statements have never been reported in the Western media.

    这些声明从来没有被西方媒体报道过。

    NOUN. 名词

  • westerns

    1. [C 可数名词] （有关19世纪美国西部的生活，尤指牛仔生活的）西部小说 , 西部影片

    A western is a book or film about life in the western United States and territories in the nineteenth century, especially the lives of cowboys.

    双语例句

    例：

    John Agar starred in westerns, war films and low-budget science fiction pictures.

    约翰·阿加出演过西部片、战争片和低投入的科幻片。

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