Eastward means towards the east. You can walk eastward, look eastward, or take an eastward road.

Eastward eastward means意思是 towards the east朝東邊。You can walk eastward你可以 walk eastward，往東走 look eastward或 look eastward，往東看 or take an eastward road或走一條 eastward road，往東的路。

As an adjective, it describes a thing that points or moves that way: an eastward wind, an eastward journey. As an adverb, it tells you the direction of the action: they travelled eastward.

As an adjective當形容詞用 it describes a thing that points or moves that way描述指向或朝那個方向移動的東西 an eastward wind像 an eastward wind，東風 an eastward journey an eastward journey，向東的旅程。As an adverb當副詞用 it tells you the direction of the action告訴你動作的方向 they travelled eastward像 they travelled eastward，他們向東走。

American English likes eastward for both jobs. It has the same idea as east, with a little extra “in that direction” feel — a bit more like careful speech or writing than the short word east, which is what most people say.

American English美式英文 likes eastward for both jobs這兩種用法都喜歡用 eastward。It has the same idea as east它的意思跟 east一樣 with a little extra in that direction feel只是多一點「朝那個方向」的感覺 a bit more like careful speech or writing比較像講究一點的說法或寫法 than the short word east而不是大多數人講的簡短的 east which is what most people say大多數人其實是說 east。

Though actually, on signs and in stations you will more often see eastbound for traffic. Eastward tells you the way; it does not tell you that something is the furthest east, and it does not name a person from the east.

Though actually不過其實 on signs and in stations在標誌和車站裡 you will more often see eastbound for traffic講到交通時比較常看到的是 eastbound。Eastward eastward tells you the way告訴你方向 it does not tell you that something is the furthest east不代表某個東西是最東邊 and it does not name a person from the east也不是用來稱呼來自東方的人。