释义
[ left -werd ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈlɛft wərd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adverb Also leftwards. toward or on the left.
adjective situated on the left.
directed toward the left.
Origin of leftward First recorded in 1475–85; left1 + -ward
OTHER WORDS FROM leftward left·ward·ly, adverb Words nearby leftward left umbilical vein, left ventricle, left ventricular ejection time, left ventricular failure, left ventricular opening, leftward , leftwards, left wing, lefty, leg, legacy
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Example sentences from the Web for leftward Not that the calls for her to get in, even just to pull Clinton leftward in a primary clash, are likely to quiet.
How Elizabeth Warren’s Book Tour Could Mean Trouble for Hillary Clinton | David Freedlander| April 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Suddenly, instead of falling slightly as you'd expect, they climb back above their leftward neighbors.
Department of Awful Statistics: Income Inequality Edition | Megan McArdle| February 6, 2013| DAILY BEAST
The leftward shift by tech firms is a fairly recent development.
President Obama Courts Silicon Valley’s New Digital Aristocracy | Joel Kotkin| February 15, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Olbermann almost single-handedly revived the network by leading it on a leftward march.
Keith Olbermann Quits Countdown | Howard Kurtz| January 21, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Obama may well be engaged in a “leftward lurch” toward stricter federal regulation, as the conservative Krauthammer views it.
Charles Krauthammer's Selective Attack on Obama | Howard Kurtz| January 2, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Was carried to rear and leftward ; laid down on some dry spot in the Elsbruch, not far from the Kuhgrund, and a Surgeon brought.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
At the highest point a trail strikes up the main hill to the leftward ; and that leads to Silverado.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition | Robert Louis Stevenson
Many things which are lucky if seen on the right are fateful omens if seen to leftward .
Falling in Love | Grant Allen
This way direct her path; kiss the shore, and let the oarblade graze the leftward reefs.
The Aeneid of Virgil | Virgil
Leftward , downtown, the thumb of the cityhall pointed rudely upward and far beyond was the listless Pacific.
Greener Than You Think | Ward Moore
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