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Onward means moving forward, or keeping going. It can talk about a real trip: after this city, the onward flight is the next plane, still going ahead.
Onward這個字 means意思是 moving forward往前移動，or或 keeping going繼續下去。It can talk about它可以指 a real trip一趟真正的旅程，after this city過了這個城市之後 the onward flight接下來的班機 is the next plane就是下一班飛機，still going ahead還是繼續往前。
It can talk about time: from that day onward, she never smoked — from then, and still true now. People also stretch it a little: the onward march of phones, meaning the world keeps moving that way and nobody is really stopping it.
It can talk about也可以指 time時間：from that day onward從那天起，she never smoked她就再也沒抽菸——from then, and still true now從那時候一直到現在都是這樣。People also stretch it a little大家也會把這個詞稍微延伸一下：the onward march of phones像「手機不斷往前推進」這種說法，meaning意思是 the world keeps moving that way世界一直朝那個方向前進，and nobody is really stopping it而且沒有人真的能阻止它。
You will hear it at airports (onward ticket, onward journey) and in quieter writing about history.
You will hear it你會聽到這個字 at airports在機場 (onward ticket, onward journey)（onward ticket接續機票、onward journey接續行程），and還有 in quieter writing about history在講歷史的、比較安靜的文章裡。
Though actually, British English often adds an s and says onwards, especially after a time: from Monday onwards. American English is happier with onward and no s. They are not two different meanings.
Though actually不過其實，British English英式英語 often adds an s常常會多加一個s，and says onwards說成onwards，especially after a time尤其接在時間後面，from Monday onwards比如from Monday onwards（從星期一開始）。American English美式英語 is happier with比較習慣用 onward and no sonward，不加s。They這兩種說法 are not並不是 two different meanings兩個不同的意思。
It feels a little more careful than just on or ahead, but it is not stiff. Friends in chat will more often say then or after that.
It feels這個字給人的感覺 a little more careful比較講究一點 than just on or ahead比單純用on或ahead，but但 it is not stiff也不會太死板。Friends in chat聊天的時候朋友之間 will more often say比較常會說 then or after thatthen或after that（那之後）。
組成on + -ward. on is the old word for being on / going on; -ward means “toward, in that direction.” From the same old pieces as English on and the ending in -ward.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
onwardadj/ˈɒnwəd/
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Moving forward.
- There was an onward rush as the gates opened.
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Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
- Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labour.
onwardadv/ˈɒnwəd/
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In a forward direction.
- […] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a labouring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.
- Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war...
onwardverb/ˈɒnwəd/
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To keep going; to progress or persevere.
- The aim of the preacher who in the best sense would be up-to-date should comprize the homiletic method which, while following in a degree the example of the fathers, tries to formulate truth in clear and philosophical statements, not essaying a muddy theology or priding itself on a vague, vacuous mysticism, communing with the great minds of the ages from Augustine down, learning something from each and following none slavishly, at every successive stage in the process of development being able distinctly to set forth th truth ascertained thus far, obeying the onwarding impulse of the true investigator without keeping things forever so "fluid" that no precipitate of dependable doctrine is ever rendered, […]
- Or of Kismet (?): whatever happens is pre-ordained, and one can "pass the buck" to something outside of oneself; to Allah, the inscrutable, I suppose, gaining one's spiritual calm from the feeling that the eternal onwardness is calmly onwarding; until little pain and little happiness become spread very very thin on the waters of time.
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To pass (something) onward; to forward.
- The application has been delivered to the Nanking department of the Waichiaopu on January 19th for being kindly onwarded to Chungking.
- It is unfair to saddle Italy with persons rejected for immigration to the U.S., especially since these persons were allowed to enter Italy on the understanding that they would be immigrating to the U.S. Italy has been cooperative in every way possible in allowing persons to transit the country for onwarding processing.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。