Direction
[dəˈrekʃn] or [də'rɛkʃn]
解释:
(noun.) a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; 'I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts'; 'his ideals determined the direction of his career'; 'they proposed a new direction for the firm'.
(noun.) a message describing how something is to be done; 'he gave directions faster than she could follow them'.
(noun.) a line leading to a place or point; 'he looked the other direction'; 'didn't know the way home'.
(noun.) the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; 'he checked the direction and velocity of the wind'.
录入:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.
(n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.
(n.) The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.
(n.) The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.
(n.) The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
(n.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1].Aim.[2].Tendency, line of motion.[3].Course, bearing, point of compass.[4]. Management, oversight, superintendence, government, control.[5]. Guidance, lead.[6]. Order, command, prescription.[7]. Address, superscription.
校对:莎娜
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Course, tendency, inclination, line, control, command, bearing, superscription,order, address
ANT:Misdirection, deviation, mis-control, misinstruction, aberration
编辑:珀尔
例句:
- Seizing the professor by the arm, Mr. Philander set off in the direction that would put the greatest distance between themselves and the lion. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- At it again, in a new direction! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It, too, demands understanding and direction. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Again, a minute bit of bark has been upturned by the scraping hand, and the direction of the break indicates the direction of the passage. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- When light passes from air into water, or from any transparent substance into another of different density, its direction is changed, and it emerges along an entirely new path (Fig. 64). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- That is due to the change of the direction of the light after it enters the water. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- How subtle her influence was, she seemed to start his irritable attention into her direction exclusively, in one minute. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- They lifted him up, and he was overjoyed to find that they were about to take him in the direction whither the star seemed to him to lead. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Our enemies were a good half-hour behind us with no conception of our direction. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- This brief direction to Charley Bates, and his recent antagonist, was softly and immediately obeyed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- I thanked him, and at his direction joined the members of his staff. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Asking the operator the best direction, he pointed west, and noticing a rabbit in a clear space in the sage bushes, I said, 'There is one now. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The bank is under the direction of the four reigning burgomasters who are changed every year. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Thus the Barnacles were all over the world, in every direction--despatch-boxing the compass. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- A party that tried to answer every conflicting interest would stand still because people were pulling in so many different directions. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Is there anybody else I can send to you, or any other directions I can give before I leave, respecting what you would wish to be done? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Means for quarter sawing in both directions of log travel are shown in patent to Gray, No. 550,825, December 3, 1895. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- No need to give him directions; he was always at home everywhere. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- While obeying my directions, he glanced at me now and then suspiciously from under his frost-white eyelashes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Suitable directions will at once be given for all trains and surplus artillery to conform to this movement. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- We had the boy upstairs, and I gave him his directions. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mr. Bucket draws near and examines the directions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I obeyed her directions. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- In three different directions I saw the crowd part, at one and the same moment. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Stage-coaches were upsetting in all directions, horses were bolting, boats were overturning, and boilers were bursting. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Inquiring at the hotel, I received the necessary directions for finding the Sergeant's cottage. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- It was sticking out of him in all directions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The apes scattered by ones, and twos, and threes in all directions, but ever within sound of a signal of alarm. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Some of the young ladies washed the lettuces for him, and sliced them under his directions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
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