northwards

英 [ˈnɔːθwədz] 美 [ˈnɔːrθwərdz]

adv.  向北; 朝北

高考CET6

BNC.11689 / COCA.43874



牛津词典

adv.

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

双语例句

  1. The path angled downhill and northwards
    小路向山下伸展,然后向北延伸。
  2. Pleased with the doctrines of Zhou Gong and Zhong Ni, he came northwards to the Middle Kingdom and studied them.
    悦周公、仲尼之道,北学于中国。
  3. The boy is unable to tell them exactly where he buried his father, but claimed he followed his compass northwards.
    男孩无法指出他埋葬父亲的确切位置,只表示是按照指南针的指示在北边埋葬了父亲。
  4. Nepal and northern India are particularly prone to earthquakes, with the Himalayas are still being formed by the immense force of the Indian subcontinent heading northwards in a slow-motion collision with Eurasia.
    尼泊尔和印度北部特别容易发生地震,因为印度次大陆缓慢地向北移动,与欧亚大陆发生碰撞,由此形成的巨大能量仍然在塑造喜马拉雅山地区的地形。
  5. The results show that under the conditions of climate warming, the thermal boundary of temperate zone and warm-temperate zone moved towards East and north, and the thermal boundary of cool-temperate zone and temperate zone moved northwards significantly.
    结果表明:在气温升高的背景下,黑龙江省温带与暖温带的热量界限向北撤并东移,寒温带与温带的热量界限则大幅度北撤。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. The coast sweeps northwards in a wide curve.
    海岸向北方呈大弧形展开。
  9. A team of Danish researchers, heading northwards on a Swedish ice-breaker, has just set sail from Norway.
    一队丹麦研究人员刚刚乘着一艘瑞典破冰船从挪威向北起航。
  10. Some scholars suggest that in the last two or three centuries bc, India lost its traditional sources of supply of precious metals when nomadic tribes cut the trade route northwards from India through Bactria to siberia.
    一些学者认为,公元前2或3世纪,印度失去了传统贵金属资源的来源,当时游牧部落切断了从印度经巴克特里亚到西伯利亚的北上贸易线路。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. Somali border to a depth of60km and the coast from Lamu northwards.
    从拉穆海岸向北至索马里边境60公里范围。
  14. If so, that has implications for other Nordic economies-and raises doubts about whether other European countries are wise to look northwards for a model.
    如果真是这样,这就涉及到其他的北欧经济,并且增加了对其他欧洲国家向北寻求模型是否明智的质疑。
  15. Migrant workers follow the harvest northwards.
    流动劳工随着农业收割向北进。
  16. The coast sweeps away northwards in a wide curve.
    海岸呈一大弧形向北伸展。
  17. 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。
  18. Junkers were ordered northwards to help a German merchantman which were under attack by a Norwegian destroyer.
    容受命飞助正遭受挪威驱逐舰袭击德运输船。
  19. Afterwards, the Thames and Scheldt flowed through the gap into the English Channel, but the Meuse and Rhine still flowed northwards.
    在此后,泰晤士河及斯海尔德河流经山口到英伦海峡,但马士河与莱茵河流向仍然向北。
  20. But, in the longer term, a melting of snow and ice might allow more southerly spider species to march northwards.
    不过,从长远角度看,(北极)冰雪的融化也有可能促使生活在相对靠南地区的蜘蛛向北方迁移。
  21. I have five letters on the way, moving northwards to China's inland.
    我的五封信都在路上,在向北的路途中,五个取向都插入中国的内陆。
  22. 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。
  23. They migrated northwards, at different times and due to different causes, and established themselves in what was then a relatively unexplored territory.
    由于种种原因,他们屡次北迁,定居在一片当时还较为荒凉的土地上。
  24. We were sailing northwards.
    (当时)我们正在向北航行。
  25. From London we drove northwards to Birmingham.
    我们从伦敦驱车向北开到伯明翰。
  26. Founded in the sixth century BC, Buddhism soon began expanding northwards from the foothills of the Himalayas.
    佛教,创立于公元前六世纪,很快从喜马拉雅山的山麓小丘向北传播起来。
  27. As the glaciers retreated northwards across europe.
    冰河不断往北面退并越过了欧洲。
  28. 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。
  29. The horizontal deformation also indicates that Indian plate has driven northwards by a value of 49.8mm/a.
    水平形变还表明,印度板块以49.8mm/a向北推进。
  30. 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;

英英释义

adv

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

    Synonym:    northnortherlynorthward