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[intransitive verb] + inwards
inwards 是副词，表示动作朝向内部或中心，通常放在动词后。
The door opens inwards, not outwards.
这扇门向里开，而不是向外开。
向内；向中心；朝里面
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向内；向中心；朝里面
to or toward the inside or center
The door opens inwards, not outwards.
这扇门向里开，而不是向外开。
向内部；朝内。
Towards the inside.
The door opens inwards, so push it rather than pull it.
这扇门是朝里开的，所以请推而不是拉。
She turned the umbrella inwards to keep the rain from blowing in.
她把雨伞朝里转，以免雨水被吹进来。
The path curves inwards as it approaches the old castle.
这条小路在接近古城堡时向里弯曲。
inwards 是副词，表示动作朝向内部或中心，通常放在动词后。
The door opens inwards, not outwards.
这扇门向里开，而不是向外开。
动词带宾语时，副词 inwards 放在宾语之后。
Fold the edges of the paper inwards.
把纸的边缘向里折叠。
Not this
The inwards movement of the piston is slow.
Use this
The inward movement of the piston is slow.
inwards 是副词，不能放在名词前作定语；修饰名词时应改用形容词 inward。
Not this
He walked inwards the room.
Use this
He walked into the room.
inwards 是副词，不能直接接宾语；表示“进入某处”时，应用介词 into 加地点名词。
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朝内；面向中心
The chairs in the auditorium all face inwards toward the stage.
礼堂里的椅子都朝内面向舞台。
向内折叠
Fold the wings inwards before storing the model plane.
存放模型飞机前，把机翼向内折叠。
向里移动；向中心移动
The doors opened and the passengers began to move inwards.
门开了，乘客们开始向里移动。
内省；审视内心
Sometimes you need to look inwards to understand your true feelings.
有时你需要内省，才能理解自己真实的感受。
朝内开；向内开启
The main door opens inwards, so push it rather than pulling.
主门是朝内开的，所以要推而不是拉。
把思绪转向内心；内省
During meditation, you turn your thoughts inwards.
冥想时，你要把思绪转向内心。
自省；审视内心
Before blaming others, try to look inwards.
在责怪别人之前，先试着自省。
最长的旅程是向内的旅程。——达格·哈马舍尔德
After years of running from her problems, she finally turned inwards and began to heal.
在逃避问题多年之后，她最终转向内心，开始了疗愈。
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把 inwards 拆成 in（里面）+ wards（方向），记作‘朝里面的方向’——就像箭头指向圆心。
语域：neutral 常见场景：spatial direction、movement toward the center 通常表示朝内部或中心的方向，多用于描述物理移动或朝向；语气比较中性，在一般说明和日常表达中都比较自然。
No common word rhymes with 'inwards' /ˈɪnwədz/. The listed words share the written suffix -wards, but their stressed vowels differ, so none is a true rhyme. Outwards, forwards, backwards, afterwards, and upwards end in unstressed /wədz/; towards is stressed on /wɔːdz/ and sounds different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.