1ADV [ADVERB after verb]向外;朝外 If something moves or faces outwards, it moves or faces away from the place you are in or the place you are talking about. 向外;朝外
The top door opened outwards.
顶上的门朝外开。
The idea is to spread social democracy and economics outwards from Europe.
其目的是将欧洲的社会民主与经济制度传播到世界各地。
2ADV [ADVERB after verb](注意力)向外地,对外地 If you say that a person or a group of people, such as a government, looks outwards, you mean that they turn their attention to another group that they are interested in or would like greater involvement with. (注意力)向外地,对外地
Other poor countries looked outward, strengthening their ties to the economic superpowers.
其他贫穷国家将目光投向国外,加强与经济强国的联系。
His belief is that the future of the Community lies in looking outwards.