northwards

英 [ˈnɔːθwədz]

美 [ˈnɔːrθwərdz]

adv.  向北; 朝北

高考CET6

BNC.11689 / COCA.43874

牛津词典

adv.

• 向北；朝北
  towards the north
  1. to go/look/turn northwards
     向北走 / 看 / 掉转

英英释义

adv

• in a northern direction
  1. they earn more up north
  2. Let's go north!
  Synonym:northnortherlynorthward

双语例句

• South korea's defence minister has for the first time said publicly that he believes Mr Kim has the bomb; ambiguity over this point had until now allowed the government to keep the aid and trade flowing northwards.
  韩国国防部首次公开表示他们相信金正日已拥有核武器，一直以来，韩政府对此观点表述含糊，这使得韩政府到现在为止都在为朝方提供贸易援助。
• Meanwhile, all the optimum and potential distributing regions of Larix gmelinii, Spruce fir forest and Pinus koraiensis have the tendency of moving northwards.
  同时，分布于大兴安岭的兴安落叶松、小兴安岭及东部山地的云冷杉和红松等树种的可能分布范围和最适分布范围均发生了北移。
• And at the fourth watch, again he could see the colorful shadow cast by the moon through the hole, which pointed northwards at a big rock.
  到四更时分，月亮透过峭壁洞孔，又将那彩色缤纷的剑影映到小石壁上。
• These birds migrate northwards in spring and southwards in fall.
  这些鸟在春天移栖北方，秋天移栖南方。
• The shallow Haim i-Luositage fault thrusted northwards during the Pleistocene and ceased downwards in salts at the bottom of the Paleogene.
  海米-罗斯塔格浅部断裂在更新世向北冲断，向下收敛于古近系底部膏盐层。
• The results are as follows: the convergence field of wet Q-vector divergence tilts northwards with height;
  结果表明：湿Q矢量散度辐合场随高度向北倾斜；
• European merchants coming northwards via the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea, particularly the Portuguese and British, traded extensively through Guangzhou.
  欧洲商人，特别是葡萄牙和英国的商人跋山涉水，经过马六甲海峡、南中国海，到达广州进行贸易。
• The coast sweeps away northwards in a wide curve.
  海岸呈一大弧形向北伸展。
• In order to protect America's interests in Philippines, Roosevelt did not hesitate to connive Japanese aggression toward Korea, led Japan northwards to check Russia, which seriously threatened northeast China.
  为了保障美国在菲律宾的利益，罗斯福不惜纵容日本侵略朝鲜，引导日本北进牵制俄国，从而严重威胁了中国东北的安全。
• Migrant workers follow the harvest northwards.
  流动劳工随着农业收割向北进。