「western」

adj. 西方的，西部的；有西方特征的
n. 西方人；西部片，西部小说
n. (Western)人名；(英)韦斯顿

英 ['west(ə)n] 美 ['wɛstɚn]

权威例句

1. 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。
   来自柯林斯例句
2. A wave of immigrants is washing over Western Europe.
   移民潮正席卷西欧。
   来自柯林斯例句
3. Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports.
   西方外交官刻意贬低这些报告的重要性。
   来自柯林斯例句
4. The western-most part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers.
   北威尔士最西部是说威尔士语人的聚居区。
   来自柯林斯例句
5. Estonia has done much to cultivate the friendship of western European countries.
   爱沙尼亚努力发展与西欧国家的友谊。
   来自柯林斯例句

英文词源

western (adj.)
"toward or of the west," late Old English westerne "western, westerly, coming from the west," from west + -erne, suffix denoting direction. The noun meaning "book or movie about the Old West" is first attested 1909. Westerner is from 1837 as "person from the U.S. West," 1880 as "Euro-American," as opposed to Oriental.