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eastern

/ee-stern/US // ˈi stərn //UK // (ˈiːstən) //

东部,东部地区,东部的,东边

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lying toward or situated in the east: the eastern half of the island.
    • : directed or proceeding toward the east: an eastern route.
    • : coming from the east: an eastern wind.
    • : of or relating to the East in the U.S.: an eastern congressman.
    • : of or relating to the Eastern Church or to any of the churches comprising it.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of the East; Oriental.
    • : of or relating to the Soviet Union and its allies.

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Examples

  • In this case, models show a weak zone of low pressure crossing the eastern Great Lakes.

  • This had important implications because it put eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and southern New York in the best spot to receive the heaviest snow bands.

  • It extends from Carroll County through Montgomery and western Howard counties through the District, eastern Fairfax County and western Prince George’s counties and into eastern Prince William and western Charles counties.

  • A city party secretary of the eastern Jiangsu province urged local cadres to “accelerate economic growth with passion.”

  • At the end of February 1942, a rumor began circulating around the town of Humenné, in eastern Slovakia.

  • Instead, spa hotels filled up with over 30,000 refugees from the war-troubled Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

  • On Wednesday, U.S. warplanes targeted a car he was traveling in on the eastern side of the city.

  • The city served as a crossroads for African, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern cultures.

  • The lawless law enforcement in eastern Ukraine exists somewhere between Soviet rule and vigilante justice.

  • With the harsh Middle Eastern winter approaching fast, what people in Syria and Iraq need most, in fact, is humanitarian support.

  • The countries about the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjoining waters.

  • Nigel found him an excellent fellow, the most sympathetic and energetic man of Eastern blood whom he had ever encountered.

  • They told us of their visit to the Great Eastern, what a gigantic ship it was, what a marvel, and described its every feature.

  • The Tchuktchi of north-eastern Asia are devoted worshipers of tobacco, and is one of the chief articles of trade with them.

  • Yesterday was fixed on, before ordering another engine for the eastern shaft.