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单词 inward
释义
inward
(ɪnwəʳd )
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Your inward thoughts or feelings are the ones that you do not express or show to other people.
I sighed with inward relief.
...a glow of inward satisfaction.
Synonyms: internal, inner, private, personal  
inwardly adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]
Chantal smiled inwardly.
Sara, while remaining outwardly amiable toward all concerned, was inwardly furious.
Synonyms: privately, secretly, to yourself, within  
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
An inward movement is one towards the inside or centre of something.
...a sharp, inward breath like a gasp.
The athlete takes off from one leg from an inward twist.
Synonyms: incoming, entering, penetrating, inbound  
3.  See also inwards
Collocations:
face inward
The linked pavilions, built of stacked concrete blocks and glass, face inward to a central water courtyard.
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Lift your arms, keep them by the side of your head with your palms facing inward.
Times, Sunday Times
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding weights by your sides (half litre bottles of water or cans of beans will do) with your palms facing inward.
The Sun
They squabble to get in at dusk and end up packed tight together in two or three layers, their heads facing inward.
Times, Sunday Times
The students leave the table, line up, and walk one by one across the room with books perched on their heads, their shoulders back and palms facing inward.
Times, Sunday Times
focus inward
For that reason, it's good to have an object, like the small fountain, to draw focus inward.
Globe and Mail
During 2004 the band turned its focus inward.
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Habitually seeking what we think we deserve keeps our sights focused inward when we should, instead, be looking up.
Christianity Today
The church was focused inward.
Christianity Today
It will mean our party focuses inward - at the very time our country most needs us to focus outward.
Times, Sunday Times
inward migration
One more problem with a basic income: it would stimulate inward migration.
Times, Sunday Times
Last year, 48 per cent of all inward migration was from within the union.
Times, Sunday Times
Here the coalition decided that the objective was to reduce net inward migration to about 120,000.
Times, Sunday Times
The working-age population has grown in part because of net inward migration, although the report did not look at this.
Times, Sunday Times
To avoid embarrassment - not to mention an urgent debate on the most polarising issue in politics - the government needed net inward migration to fall fast.
Times, Sunday Times
look inward
Do the core values look inward or outward?
Christianity Today
There will be no clear sight of priorities if the party continues to look inward.
Times, Sunday Times
Look inward to work out why this has happened now.
The Sun
Government should look inward at its own ineffective approach to law and order.
Times, Sunday Times
At the individual level, people in developed countries can look inward and reduce overconsumption, which further strains worldwide water consumption.
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roll inward
The stems are wispy and hollow, and the leaves roll inward and appear round.
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The tendency of flat feet to excessively roll inward during walking or running makes them more susceptible to plantar fasciitis.
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When weight bearing, the longitudinal arch of the foot drops, and the ankle rolls inward.
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The filaments remain spirally rolled inward when the flowers open, while the styles are inconspicuous, slender filaments that are somewhat thickened in the middle.
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The long, narrow, gray-green leaves are rolled inward, especially when new.
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turn inward
Our love can begin to turn inward and grow cold.
Christianity Today
His arm was starting to turn inward because a nerve was being pinched.
ST
If there's a faultline, it's only that such fastidiousness can turn inward.
Times, Sunday Times
It's all too easyfor an artistic labour of love to turn inward, particularly when there's a political point to be made with it.
Times, Sunday Times
If mistrust prevails, the person tends to turn inward; he finds it difficult to get close to other people, and he's frightened by revealing his dependency needs.
Christianity Today
Translations:
Chinese: 内心的
Japanese: 内心の
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