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单词 southwest
释义
southwest
noun[U]
uk
/ˌsaʊθˈwest/us
/ˌsaʊθˈwest/
(written abbreviationSW)
B1
thedirectionthat is betweensouthandwest:
西南，西南方
WeliveinthesouthwestofScotland.我们生活在苏格兰西南部。
the Southwest
theareain the southwest ofEngland, the US, or anothercountry:
（英国、美国或其他国家的）西南部
Have you been to Cornwall? It'sinthe Southwest.你去过康沃尔吗？它在西南部。
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  • We have ahousein the southwest of France.
  • Troops aremovingtowards the southwest of thecountry.
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southwest
adjective,adverb
uk
/ˌsaʊθˈwest/us
/ˌsaʊθˈwest/
(written abbreviationSW)
B1
in or towards the southwest:
西南（的），在西南（的）；朝西南（的）
I come from the southwestpartof theisland.我来自那个岛的西南部。
Theymovedsouthwest in anattempttofindbetterland.他们向西南迁移，希望能找到更好的土地。
southwest wind
awindthat comes from the southwest
西南风
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  • northeastward
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(Definition ofsouthwestfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

southwest| American Dictionary

southwest
noun[U]
us
/ˌsɑʊθˈwest/
(abbreviationS.W.)
thedirectionbetweensouthandwest, or thepartof anareaorcountrythat is in thisdirection:
He’scurrentlylivingin the Southwest.

southwestern

adjective[not gradable]us
/ˌsɑʊθˈwes·tərn/(abbreviationS.W.)
Shegrewup in southwestern Ohio.
southwest
adjective,adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˌsɑʊθˈwest/
(abbreviationS.W.)
in,forming, or toward the southwestpartof something:
Thedistrictis in the southwestcornerof thestate.
Wedrovesouthwest.
(Definition ofsouthwestfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsouthwest

southwest
Much of the remaining forest land in thesouthwestwas protected, but this did not prevent a scramble to exploit it.
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Points in the remaining two quadrants (northeast andsouthwest) may or may not be desirable, depending on decision makers1 values and objectives.
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To thesouthwestand west it is bounded by ductile-to-brittle shear belts and brittle faults.
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This territory may extend to thesouthwest, but other practices leaving ephemeral archaeological traces may also have occurred here.
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Firstsouthwestassessment exploring effect of deflector plane.
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The present island shape is the result of two giant landslides leaving large amphitheatres in the northwest andsouthwestof the island.
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Ultramylonites at this higheststrained zone show mineral-elongation lineations that plunge to thesouthwest.
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In thesouthwest, where most local opium was produced, many minority groups were led by their own chiefs.
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At thesouthwestcorner of the building, a west-running alignment may have framed par t of an additional room.
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This axial fluvial system flowed generally to the south, and ultimately merged with another confined fluvial system incised into the basement carbonates to thesouthwest.
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For both viruses, was highest in the northeastern part of the country and declined towards thesouthwest.
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By the time you have reached thesouthwestend of a line you have completely forgotten when the northeast looked like.
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In general, both units dip towards thesouthwest.
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The geometry of the mylonite zone and the observed shear directions change from north tosouthwest.
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Whether the co-occurrence of verbal -s with periphrastic do is a widespread or idiosyncratic feature of cer tain dialects of thesouthwestremains a question.
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