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

• 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。
• The path angled downhill and northwards
  小路向山下伸展，然后向北延伸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the glaciers retreated northwards across europe.
  冰河不断往北面退并越过了欧洲。
• 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。