Direction
[dəˈrekʃn] or [də'rɛkʃn]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
錄入:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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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同義詞及近義詞：
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.
校對:莎娜
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Course, tendency, inclination, line, control, command, bearing, superscription,order, address
ANT:Misdirection, deviation, mis-control, misinstruction, aberration
編輯:珀尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Seizing the professor by the arm, Mr. Philander set off in the direction that would put the greatest distance between themselves and the lion. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- At it again, in a new direction! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It, too, demands understanding and direction. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- 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. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 科學通論.
- 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. 世紀發明.
- That is due to the change of the direction of the light after it enters the water. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- How subtle her influence was, she seemed to start his irritable attention into her direction exclusively, in one minute. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Our enemies were a good half-hour behind us with no conception of our direction. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- This brief direction to Charley Bates, and his recent antagonist, was softly and immediately obeyed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I thanked him, and at his direction joined the members of his staff. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The bank is under the direction of the four reigning burgomasters who are changed every year. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Thus the Barnacles were all over the world, in every direction--despatch-boxing the compass. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- A party that tried to answer every conflicting interest would stand still because people were pulling in so many different directions. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- 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? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- No need to give him directions; he was always at home everywhere. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- While obeying my directions, he glanced at me now and then suspiciously from under his frost-white eyelashes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Suitable directions will at once be given for all trains and surplus artillery to conform to this movement. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- We had the boy upstairs, and I gave him his directions. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mr. Bucket draws near and examines the directions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I obeyed her directions. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- In three different directions I saw the crowd part, at one and the same moment. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Stage-coaches were upsetting in all directions, horses were bolting, boats were overturning, and boilers were bursting. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Inquiring at the hotel, I received the necessary directions for finding the Sergeant's cottage. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It was sticking out of him in all directions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The apes scattered by ones, and twos, and threes in all directions, but ever within sound of a signal of alarm. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Some of the young ladies washed the lettuces for him, and sliced them under his directions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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