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

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