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Definition of western in English: westernadjective ˈwɛst(ə)nˈwɛstərn 1attributive Situated in the west, or directed towards or facing the west. 在西方的；向西的 there will be showers in some western areas 西部部分地区将有阵雨。 Example sentencesExamples - To date, the infection appears to be contained to an area on the western edge of the forest.
- Fifteen districts, all of them lying in western areas of the state have been declared drought hit.
- Initially, work was at Pin Hole Cave, the entrance to which lies towards the western end of the north side of the gorge.
- Towards the western end of the ramparts there is an obvious break where a path leads through rocky portals to gain a grassy bealach.
- The snow has provided a light cover from the resort to Mt Blowhard on the western side of the mountain.
- They believe the dead travel to the west; so all graves are on the western side of the Nile.
- The party of four was on the western side of the Black Valley when the accident occurred.
- I walk toward a secluded, western corner of the city, where four such skyscrapers stand at each corner of a block.
- Erosion would have removed the thrust on the uplifted western side.
- During this period, the authority of the jarls spread south down the western sea route towards Dublin.
- We left as the sun was drifting into the western horizon and headed towards Chola country.
- Makah Indian village situated on the western tip of the Olympic Peninsula on the coast of Washington State.
- The western side of the country is a great grass growing and livestock area which is the envy of many.
- The bulk of rubbish washed ashore on this stretch of beach has been dumped over the cliffs on the western side of the bay.
Synonyms westerly, westwardly, occidental - 1.1 (of a wind) blowing from the west.
（风）从西方来的
2Living in or originating from the West, in particular Europe or the United States. 西方的（尤指欧洲和美国的） 西方社会。 Example sentencesExamples - Every Western democracy is signed up to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees.
- Eastern Europe is now undergoing a marked renaissance in the Western European tourist industry.
- However, this happy juxtaposition of Eastern style and Western living has not always been so effortless.
- In Western societies not conformity but variety and relaxed living are now in fashion.
- The basic fact is that Western European countries no longer want to fight each other.
- The resemblance to Western European customs is striking and has similar roots.
- A Western European car manufacturer, who buys large quantities of steel, may take a different view.
- The results of the Depression in America and Europe are familiar enough to Western readers.
- Is it much different in this country, or indeed, in most Western democracies?
- Though Western in origin, it is not a Western good but a human good.
- People in Eastern Europe increasingly want to try Western tastes and variety in food.
- This is no longer the case in most Western European countries and the United States.
- It is a nice change of pace from what have normally seen from Western Europeans during the last year and a half.
- They have a massive amount of funding and support from the Western world, principally America, but also Europe.
- These images are easy to find in Govan, as in every other city in Britain, Europe and very probably the Western world.
- 2.1 Relating to or characteristic of the West or its inhabitants.
（与）西方（有关）的，有西方特点的；（与）西方居民（有关）的，有西方居民特点的 the history of Western art 西方艺术史。 Example sentencesExamples - It did not matter that the tie was invented in eastern Europe and so was not specifically a Western fashion.
- The background is resource competition that is reshaping western policy towards West Africa.
- In its 1945 White Paper, Canada was the first western country to adopt Keynesianism formally as state policy.
- The claim by Western experts that palmistry originated in India is not surprising.
- The demographic trend throughout the western world is towards an ageing population.
- As Japan opened up to the west, western images and themes crept into their design.
- In most Western cultures, breakfast is often heralded as the most important meal of the day.
- This is characteristic of most Western European music and some music from other cultures.
- Program management and the disciplines associated with it continue to be a problem in my opinion in most Western cultures.
- When western medicine fails, many try ancient eastern or Oriental practices, such as massage or acupuncture.
- There's written text input too, with Kanji and Western character recognition.
- 2.2historical Of or originating from the non-Communist states of Europe and North America in contrast to the Eastern bloc.
〈史〉西方国家的（与东欧前共产主义国家相对的欧洲和北美洲的非共产主义国家的） the President threatened to end Western aid for an oil pipeline in Siberia Example sentencesExamples - It has also been a bridge of reconciliation between Western and Eastern Europe.
- This is why we have seen so many divisions and contradictions within the Western establishment on this issue.
- The process was shaped by military competition between the Eastern and Western ruling classes.
- One of five brothers and sisters, he was born in Craigmillar, one of western Europe's poorest areas.
- He was usually an ally and sometimes an inspiration to new governments in Western and Eastern Europe.
noun ˈwɛst(ə)nˈwɛstərn A film, television drama, or novel about cowboys in western North America, set especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. （尤指描写19世纪末20世纪初北美西部牛仔的）西部电影，西部电视剧，西部小说 Example sentencesExamples - These changes first appeared, and were most pronounced, in a collection of westerns produced by Italians and shot in Spain and Italy.
- Finally, everyone seems to think this movie is one of the best westerns around and a truly psychological film noir.
- They looked like exactly what they were - two young television actors who had no experience in westerns whatsoever.
- The nod to commerciality is most obvious in the film's ending, one that is typical of hundreds of Hollywood westerns.
- She did melodramas, musicals, romantic comedies, westerns, and horror films.
- Early westerns, for example, put black hats on the bad guys and white hats on the good guys to prepare viewers for a picture's final shootout.
- For Peckinpah, the film was a stark departure from his blood-drenched action westerns.
- In popular books and film then, westerns were a staple: there were a lot of them every year and so they provided a wide, deep genre pool to play in and to invent with.
- In his spare time he enjoyed reading, particularly westerns and thrillers.
- The plot takes place many years after the events of his previous westerns, this time at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
- In the late Seventies and Eighties the production of westerns declined to the point that several critics affirmed the death of the genre.
- He said you could appreciate directors who worked in gangster films, war films, westerns, etc.
- To him, the point seemed obvious, for all films - gangsters, westerns, comedies - relied on action.
- He went to bed early and read westerns or thrillers until the wee hours.
- The film looks a bit washed-out, as many westerns do, but otherwise there is little to complain about.
- The popularity of the spaghetti western faded in the late 1970s just as did the interest in westerns generally.
OriginOld English westerne (see west, -ern). RhymesAvestan, Midwestern, northwestern, Preston, southwestern Definition of western in US English: westernadjectiveˈwɛstərnˈwestərn 1attributive Situated in the west, or directed toward or facing the west. 在西方的；向西的 there will be showers in some western areas 西部部分地区将有阵雨。 Example sentencesExamples - The western side of the country is a great grass growing and livestock area which is the envy of many.
- Towards the western end of the ramparts there is an obvious break where a path leads through rocky portals to gain a grassy bealach.
- The party of four was on the western side of the Black Valley when the accident occurred.
- We left as the sun was drifting into the western horizon and headed towards Chola country.
- The snow has provided a light cover from the resort to Mt Blowhard on the western side of the mountain.
- They believe the dead travel to the west; so all graves are on the western side of the Nile.
- To date, the infection appears to be contained to an area on the western edge of the forest.
- Erosion would have removed the thrust on the uplifted western side.
- Makah Indian village situated on the western tip of the Olympic Peninsula on the coast of Washington State.
- During this period, the authority of the jarls spread south down the western sea route towards Dublin.
- Fifteen districts, all of them lying in western areas of the state have been declared drought hit.
- Initially, work was at Pin Hole Cave, the entrance to which lies towards the western end of the north side of the gorge.
- I walk toward a secluded, western corner of the city, where four such skyscrapers stand at each corner of a block.
- The bulk of rubbish washed ashore on this stretch of beach has been dumped over the cliffs on the western side of the bay.
Synonyms westerly, westwardly, occidental - 1.1 (of a wind) blowing from the west.
（风）从西方来的
2Living in or originating from the West, in particular Europe or the United States. 西方的（尤指欧洲和美国的） 西方社会。 Example sentencesExamples - People in Eastern Europe increasingly want to try Western tastes and variety in food.
- It is a nice change of pace from what have normally seen from Western Europeans during the last year and a half.
- Though Western in origin, it is not a Western good but a human good.
- Every Western democracy is signed up to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees.
- Is it much different in this country, or indeed, in most Western democracies?
- In Western societies not conformity but variety and relaxed living are now in fashion.
- The results of the Depression in America and Europe are familiar enough to Western readers.
- This is no longer the case in most Western European countries and the United States.
- A Western European car manufacturer, who buys large quantities of steel, may take a different view.
- The basic fact is that Western European countries no longer want to fight each other.
- They have a massive amount of funding and support from the Western world, principally America, but also Europe.
- However, this happy juxtaposition of Eastern style and Western living has not always been so effortless.
- These images are easy to find in Govan, as in every other city in Britain, Europe and very probably the Western world.
- Eastern Europe is now undergoing a marked renaissance in the Western European tourist industry.
- The resemblance to Western European customs is striking and has similar roots.
- 2.1 Relating to or characteristic of the West or its inhabitants.
（与）西方（有关）的，有西方特点的；（与）西方居民（有关）的，有西方居民特点的 the history of Western art 西方艺术史。 Example sentencesExamples - The demographic trend throughout the western world is towards an ageing population.
- In most Western cultures, breakfast is often heralded as the most important meal of the day.
- The background is resource competition that is reshaping western policy towards West Africa.
- The claim by Western experts that palmistry originated in India is not surprising.
- Program management and the disciplines associated with it continue to be a problem in my opinion in most Western cultures.
- As Japan opened up to the west, western images and themes crept into their design.
- When western medicine fails, many try ancient eastern or Oriental practices, such as massage or acupuncture.
- There's written text input too, with Kanji and Western character recognition.
- This is characteristic of most Western European music and some music from other cultures.
- In its 1945 White Paper, Canada was the first western country to adopt Keynesianism formally as state policy.
- It did not matter that the tie was invented in eastern Europe and so was not specifically a Western fashion.
- 2.2historical Of or originating from the non-Communist states of Europe and North America in contrast to the Eastern bloc.
〈史〉西方国家的（与东欧前共产主义国家相对的欧洲和北美洲的非共产主义国家的） Example sentencesExamples - He was usually an ally and sometimes an inspiration to new governments in Western and Eastern Europe.
- One of five brothers and sisters, he was born in Craigmillar, one of western Europe's poorest areas.
- This is why we have seen so many divisions and contradictions within the Western establishment on this issue.
- It has also been a bridge of reconciliation between Western and Eastern Europe.
- The process was shaped by military competition between the Eastern and Western ruling classes.
nounˈwɛstərnˈwestərn A film, television drama, or novel about cowboys in western North America, set especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. （尤指描写19世纪末20世纪初北美西部牛仔的）西部电影，西部电视剧，西部小说 Example sentencesExamples - Finally, everyone seems to think this movie is one of the best westerns around and a truly psychological film noir.
- The plot takes place many years after the events of his previous westerns, this time at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
- For Peckinpah, the film was a stark departure from his blood-drenched action westerns.
- The film looks a bit washed-out, as many westerns do, but otherwise there is little to complain about.
- He said you could appreciate directors who worked in gangster films, war films, westerns, etc.
- The nod to commerciality is most obvious in the film's ending, one that is typical of hundreds of Hollywood westerns.
- Early westerns, for example, put black hats on the bad guys and white hats on the good guys to prepare viewers for a picture's final shootout.
- In the late Seventies and Eighties the production of westerns declined to the point that several critics affirmed the death of the genre.
- The popularity of the spaghetti western faded in the late 1970s just as did the interest in westerns generally.
- To him, the point seemed obvious, for all films - gangsters, westerns, comedies - relied on action.
- They looked like exactly what they were - two young television actors who had no experience in westerns whatsoever.
- She did melodramas, musicals, romantic comedies, westerns, and horror films.
- He went to bed early and read westerns or thrillers until the wee hours.
- These changes first appeared, and were most pronounced, in a collection of westerns produced by Italians and shot in Spain and Italy.
- In his spare time he enjoyed reading, particularly westerns and thrillers.
- In popular books and film then, westerns were a staple: there were a lot of them every year and so they provided a wide, deep genre pool to play in and to invent with.
OriginOld English westerne (see west, -ern). |