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。
• 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。
• The coast sweeps away northwards in a wide curve.
  海岸呈一大弧形向北伸展。
• 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。
• The coast sweeps northwards in a wide curve.
  海岸向北方呈大弧形展开。
• We were sailing northwards.
  （当时）我们正在向北航行。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。