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单词 northwest
释义
northwest
noun[U]
uk
/ˌnɔːθˈwest/us
/ˌnɔːrθˈwest/
(written abbreviationNW)
B1
thedirectionthat is betweennorthandwest:
西北向，西北方
Weliveinthenorthwestofthecity.我们住在城市的西北方向。
the Northwest
theareain the northwest ofEngland, the US, or anothercountry:
（英格兰、美国或其他国家的）西北部
The Lake District is a verybeautifulregioninthe Northwest.湖区是西北部一个美丽的地区。
Seattle is thelargestcityinthe Northwest.西雅图是西北部最大的城市。
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  • Unemployment in the northwest has beenfalling.
  • Theymovedto the northwest lastyear.
  • Manchester is in the northwest ofEngland.
  • Themotorwayconnectsthe northwest with themidlands.
  • Hegrewup in the northwest ofScotland.
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northwest
adjective,adverb
uk
/ˌnɔːθˈwest/us
/ˌnɔːrθˈwest/
B1
in or towards the northwest:
在西北的；向西北的
thesaleof the company's northwestdivision该公司西北分公司的销售情况
Turn northwest.向西北方向转。
Thetownis/liesabout 100milesnorthwestofLas Vegas.该城位于拉斯维加斯西北方大约100英里处。
northwest wind
awindthat comes from the northwest
西北风
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(Definition ofnorthwestfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

northwest| American Dictionary

northwest
noun[U]
us
/ˌnɔrθˈwest/
(abbreviationN.W.)
thedirectionbetweennorthandwest, or thepartof anareaorcountrywhich is in thisdirection:
Seattle is in the northwest.

northwest

adjective,adverb[not gradable]us
/ˌnɔrθˈwest/(abbreviationN.W.)
Theplanecrashedsixmilesnorthwest of theairport.

northwestern

adjective[not gradable]us
/ˌnɔrθˈwes·tərn/(abbreviationN.W.)
northwestern Mexico
(Definition ofnorthwestfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnorthwest

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Thenorthwestwas a poor region that produced neither food to sustain the army garrisons nor valuable commodities that could lubricate interregional trade.
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The jade bar pectoral is visiblenorthwest(below) the mandible.
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We carried out an empirical study in thenorthwestof the country employing the method of rapid and anonymous street interactions.
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Such a model implies that a potential mantle plume area was oriented towards thenorthwest(in present coordinates).
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Both models require that the thrust-related structures are regionally diachronous, with those in thenorthwestforming significantly earlier than those in the southeast.
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The present island shape is the result of two giant landslides leaving large amphitheatres in thenorthwestand southwest of the island.
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The contact between these two units can be mapped to within 100 m in thenorthwestof the area.
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Unfortunately, this foliation could not be measured, but the associated crenulation lineation found on the steeply northnorthwest dipping overprinted foliation, plunges to thenorthwest.
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Some harvesting of shrimp is done on the extremenorthwestcoast, but turtles are not generally found in that area.
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A generally southwest-flowing axial fluvial system and interfingering coarse-grained marginal alluvial clastics derived fromnorthwestand southeast were identified.
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All lower-hemisphere equal-area projections viewed toward the north tonorthwest.
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The thermocline is broken down by the strongnorthwestwinds.
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Each option with a positionnorthwest(above left) of another option can be excluded.
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Toward thenorthwestof the plaza, two domestic structures were uncovered.
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The salt voucher system thus provided a means whereby merchants supplying frontier armies in thenorthwestultimately received reimbursement in bronze coin.
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