The embargo (禁運) created panic in the West and caused oil prices to shoot up.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
Besides the sharp increase in oil prices, OPEC's 1973 oil embargo caused panic in the West
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
As a young man, he began walking over tens of thousands of miles during his lifetime, through the south to Florida, the west to California and north to Alaska, where readers are taken a long and particularly hair-raising adventure on a large mass of floating ice
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
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N-UNCOUNT
西方;西邊
The west is the direction which you look towards in the evening in order to see the sun set.
例句
I pushed on towards Flagstaff, a hundred miles to the west...
我繼續西行，向100英里外的弗拉格斯塔夫進發。
The sun crosses the sky from east to west.
太陽自東向西穿過天空。
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N-SING
(某個地方、國家或地區的)西部
The west of a place, country, or region is the part of it which is in the west.
例句
...physicists working at Bristol University in the west of England.
在英格蘭西部的布里斯托爾大學工作的物理學家們
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ADV
向西;朝西
If you go west, you travel towards the west.
例句
We are going West to California.
我們西行前往加利福尼亞。
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ADV
…以西
Something that is west of a place is positioned to the west of it.
例句
...their home town of Paisley, several miles west of Glasgow.
他們的家鄉佩斯利就在格拉斯哥以西幾英里處
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ADJ
西部的;西邊的
The west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the west.
例句
...a small island off the west coast of South Korea.
韓國西海岸外的小島
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ADJ
(用于國家、州和地區的名稱中)西部的
West is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the west of a larger area.
例句
Mark has been working in West Africa for about six months.
馬克已在西非工作了約6個月。
...his West London home.
他在倫敦西部的家
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ADJ
(風)來自西方的
A west wind blows from the west.
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N-SING
西方國家(指美國、加拿大和西歐、北歐、南歐的國家)
The West is used to refer to the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe.
例句
...relations between Iran and the West.
伊朗和西方國家的關系