The embargo (禁运) created panic in the West and caused oil prices to shoot up.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Besides the sharp increase in oil prices, OPEC's 1973 oil embargo caused panic in the West
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
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月听力原文
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N-UNCOUNT
西方;西边
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...
我继续西行，向100英里外的弗拉格斯塔夫进发。
The sun crosses the sky from east to west.
太阳自东向西穿过天空。
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N-SING
(某个地方、国家或地区的)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.
在英格兰西部的布里斯托尔大学工作的物理学家们
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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.
我们西行前往加利福尼亚。
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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.
他们的家乡佩斯利就在格拉斯哥以西几英里处
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ADJ
西部的;西边的
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.
韩国西海岸外的小岛
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ADJ
(用于国家、州和地区的名称中)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.
马克已在西非工作了约6个月。
...his West London home.
他在伦敦西部的家
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ADJ
(风)来自西方的
A west wind blows from the west.
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N-SING
西方国家(指美国、加拿大和西欧、北欧、南欧的国家)
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.
伊朗和西方国家的关系