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

• As the glaciers retreated northwards across europe.
  冰河不断往北面退并越过了欧洲。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We were sailing northwards.
  （当时）我们正在向北航行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。