| 单词 | direction |
| 释义 | direction (daɪrekʃən , dɪ- ) Word forms: directions 1. variable noun B1 A direction is the general line that someone or something is moving or pointing in. St Andrews was ten miles in the opposite direction. He drove off in the direction of Larry's shop. [+ of] Civilians were fleeing in all directions as soldiers yelled at them to get off the streets. The instruments will register every change of direction or height. Synonyms: way, course, line, road 2. variable noun A direction is the general way in which something develops or progresses. They threatened to walk out if the party did not change direction. I've never done any sustained writing, but that might be one of my next directions. Synonyms: tendency, attitude, bent, current 3. plural noun B2 Directions are instructions that tell you what to do, how to do something, or how to get somewhere. I should know by now not to throw away the directions until we've finished cooking. He proceeded to give Dan directions to the computer room. 4. uncountable noun The direction of a film, play, or television programme is the work that the director does while it is being made. His failures underline the difference between theatre and film direction. 5. See also direct Collocations: clear direction I will set a very clear direction. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It has to be a clear direction to where we are going. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It is clear that investors are holding back until there is a clear direction expressed by the Government. Times, Sunday Times (2012) But while the direction of movement seems comforting, the absolute numbers may give cause for concern. Times, Sunday Times Chisel points must be set at right angles to the direction of movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The spherical conglomerate pebbles stretched along the direction of movement of this shear zone, attaining their current somewhat flattened cigar-shaped form. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Strick and colleagues found that some neurons in motor cortex were active in association with muscle force and some with the spatial direction of movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The slots were at right angles to the direction of movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Remember to only backcomb in a downward direction, as this gives va-va-voom minus the tangles. The Sun Dab your brush in the powder, tap off the excess, then apply in small circles in a downward direction. The Sun Backcomb hair in a downward direction, starting at the ends. The Sun Then, they are dealt in 3 columns of three cards each, overlapping either in an upward or downward direction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The birds take on an increasing three-dimensionality in the upward direction, and the fish, in the downward direction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Encouraging words were offered sometimes, but again no editorial direction. Times, Sunday Times With his departure, the imprint began to drastically change its editorial direction in an effort to attain the commercial success that largely eluded them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The network notified me that they sought to change the contractual conditions in some respects, incorporating some changes in editorial direction... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The change in editorial direction upset many authors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He sought to emphasize the change in editorial direction by redesigning the magazine, putting a new cover in place along with a more sophisticated layout. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To help, always make sure you can see the horizon and face your direction of travel, sit in the front seat and avoid reading. The Sun Always face the direction in which you are moving on the train. The Sun By refusing to obey written instructions on an escalator to face the direction of travel. The Sun Settlements always face the direction of the river, which was the obvious focus of life for its inhabitants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An analogue circuit was used to control the hydraulics to move the robot to face the direction of the predominant sound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tufting can be considered a technique for flow visualization, used in aeronautics flight testing to study air flow direction, strength, and boundary layer properties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These crevasses stretch across the glacier transverse to the flow direction, or cross-glacier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first helices (in the flow direction) are small-diameter tubes, wrapped in large diameter turns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Data flow direction may be selected on a line-by-line basis with intermixed input and output lines within the same port. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This takes advantage of a flow direction network that can be processed to trace the flow of water downstream. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You know how iron filings follow the direction of a magnet passing under a table? Times,Sunday Times He would appoint a coach he trusts to train the players and to follow his direction on match days. Times, Sunday Times However, as we explain on page 5, not all base-rate tracker loans - which should follow the direction of the base rate - are getting cheaper. Times, Sunday Times Unlike molecules in the air, investors rationally follow the direction of other investors. Times, Sunday Times They didn't want to follow my direction. The Sun It's been a revelation and to my surprise has pointed me in a new forward direction. The Sun If elsewhere they looked uncertain, the forward direction never faltered. Times, Sunday Times The upshot was a game in which the underdogs crowded the midfield and passed the ball about here, there and everywhere, not always in a forward direction. Times, Sunday Times Pushing the water out the back accelerates the vehicle in the forward direction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Red crystals equip spiraling beams in the forward direction that penetrate through groups of enemies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The new-look shop points to the chain's future direction. Times, Sunday Times (2007) There is a sense of real uncertainty around the future direction of the team and some of the players. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Banking sources claim that there is a ' significant difference' in tactics between the two men, which has led to friction over the future direction of the group. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Which is why it was probably quite unnerving for the bespectacled man looking out of his window at me, a grown man, wobbling in his general direction. The Sun (2015) There are already some good signs of progress in this general direction. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He finished unbuttoning his shirt and tossed it in the general direction of a chair, then sat down to unlace his boots. LORD OF THE SILENT (2002) You know I don't trust those things," Rodenko retorted, gesturing in the general direction of the word processor. CODE BREAKER (2004) Explosions throw material in random directions. Times, Sunday Times We are like two pinballs crashing around in random directions. Times, Sunday Times Yet at first sight, branches and stems appear to grow in random directions, forming wonderfully organic shapes. Times, Sunday Times It turned out that the cobbles acted as an amplifier for the shock waves, multiplying their intensity and deflecting them in random directions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their tiny magnetic fields are oriented in random directions and cancel each other out, so the material has no significant magnetic field. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We have to pull on the rope in the same direction. The Sun (2011) Work in the same direction as the hair growth from underneath the brow to really define the shape. The Sun (2015) If a vehicle pulls up suddenly alongside you heading in the same direction, turn and run quickly in the other direction. The Sun (2008) Local elites are 'often able to use their status to influence the direction of funds towards their preferred projects'. Times, Sunday Times There are few examples of investors working together to influence the direction of the companies in which they have an inherent interest. Times, Sunday Times At this point, the player can choose to influence the direction of the ball by applying spin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The feeling was that if one wrote enough good letters, it was possible to influence the direction of the comic and/or one's favorite characters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The management of different groups will attempt to influence the direction of government action. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If you play your cards right, this will take you in a new direction. The Sun (2015) The challenge is to help people to understand the new direction and work in concert rather than at cross purposes. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Governments cannot strike out in a new direction as suddenly as could an individual like me. Times, Sunday Times (2017) This will take love in an exciting new direction. The Sun (2008) She enlists in the army in the hope of finding a new direction, but comes into conflict with her tough commanding officer. The Sun (2011) Then she turns to me and points to a large passenger ferry on our starboard side, travelling in the opposite direction. Times, Sunday Times (2007) They found that two of the new planets were spinning the ' wrong' way - the opposite direction to their parent stars. The Sun (2010) The manoeuvre deliberately puts a car into a sideways slide before turning the vehicle in the opposite direction, and requires split-second timing. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The superjumbo was flying 1,000 ft higher in the opposite direction. Times, Sunday Times (2017) His approval rating has climbed to a three-year high at a stage when the trend is often in the opposite direction. Times, Sunday Times (2016) You're raring to go and once you start moving it will be in a positive direction. The Sun The chamber added that economies globally were experiencing differing levels of confidence, although they were broadly trending in a positive direction. ST He said the family was not demanding a full briefing, but wanted to hear if release efforts were headed 'in a positive direction'. Times, Sunday Times There's something special about you that inspires trust and wins co-operation, so both work and home plans will move faster and in a positive direction. The Sun Self-belief gets stronger and home plans that seemed to be going nowhere start moving in a positive direction. The Sun Make a film of most physical interactions, reverse the direction of the film and no viewer can say which way it ought to run. Times, Sunday Times Aim for five minutes, then reverse the direction and repeat for a further five minutes. The Sun It's as if he believes he possesses magic powers to reverse the direction of the lift. Times, Sunday Times Aim to keep going for five minutes then reverse the direction you're swinging in and repeat for five minutes more. The Sun Now tell them that you can reverse the direction of their foot without touching it. Times, Sunday Times So is this a well-meaning nudge in the right direction or a cruel kick in the pants for the unfit and unwell? The Sun (2010) That 'with' allows resistance to remain unoffered; to avoid being looked at directly, one must move in the right direction. The Times Literary Supplement (2012) He is a little bit arrogant but it needed to be channelled in the right direction. The Sun (2006) It seems we are moving in the right direction at last. Times, Sunday Times (2014) All we hear is the wind and birdsong, sheep bleating and the sea when the wind's in the right direction. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Spiritual direction has been the best thing that ever happened to me -. Christianity Today To put it another way, we are practicing spiritual direction for one another. Christianity Today Realizing this motivates us to learn the disciplines of spiritual direction. Christianity Today A refreshing and inspirational resource regarding spiritual direction. Christianity Today Integrates spiritual direction and vision with the pragmatic details of personal management. Christianity Today For students still deciding where to go, research centres provide a good indication of a school's strengths, as well as its strategic direction. Times, Sunday Times There was one clear pointer to a change in strategic direction. Mail and Guardian The chance to make your mark on the firm's strategic direction? Times, Sunday Times The government already controls the bank's strategic direction. ST Governing bodies need to set the strategic direction of schools and to hold the executive to account. Times, Sunday Times It takes a great deal of faith and courage for a pastor to switch the direction people look. Christianity Today By switching the direction of current, either heating or cooling may be achieved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The reversing valve switches the direction of refrigerant through the cycle and therefore the heat pump may deliver either heating or cooling to a building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Switching the direction of heat flow, the same system can be used to circulate the cooled water through the house for cooling in the summer months. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A car, left to its own devices, will travel in the direction you've pointed it. Times, Sunday Times All companies, moreover, should want to travel in this direction. Times, Sunday Times You could travel in any direction for days and days and days, and when you finally got out of the car you'd look about and wonder why you'd bothered. Times, Sunday Times The show keeps jumping in unexpected directions. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Work and study plans may take you in an unexpected direction. The Sun (2009) This thought took me in rather unexpected directions. Times, Sunday Times (2009) At the beginning, she is interested in wind direction and tide tables. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The wind direction governs the angle at which waves arrive at a beach, but gravity determines their line of retreat. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Because the fairways face all points of the compass, wind direction is constantly changing. The Sun (2014) The warmer weather is due to tropical continental air being pulled in through a change in the wind direction. The Sun (2016) Throughout the day weather forecasters issued bulletins on the wind direction, which showed that areas to the north of the plant were in most danger of contamination. Times, Sunday Times (2011) I've either not started on the right foot or started well and then gone in completely the wrong direction with the set-up. Times, Sunday Times (2017) He took the bike path, although in the wrong direction and at high speed, which is how he always rode. Times, Sunday Times (2016) She consulted a team of astrologers after fearing the stars would be aligned in the wrong direction. The Sun (2012) The government is heading in completely the wrong direction. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Translations: Chinese: 方向 Japanese: 方向 |
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