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 path angled downhill and northwards
  小路向山下伸展，然后向北延伸。
• 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。
• 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。
• From London we drove northwards to Birmingham.
  我们从伦敦驱车向北开到伯明翰。
• 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。
• 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。
• The coast sweeps northwards in a wide curve.
  海岸向北方呈大弧形展开。
• 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。
• 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；