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单词 destination
释义
destinationdes‧ti‧na‧tion /ˌdestəˈneɪʃən/ ●●○ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • At the border you will be asked your destination and how long you plan to stay.
  • By the time he reached his destination, seven days later, he was half-starved and broke.
  • The glorious Inca ruins are the main tourist destination in Peru.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Customers are offered a greater range of destinations and flight times, while carriers can reduce capacity and share costs.
  • Once across the Channel, continue by coach to your home destination.
  • She uses her last shillings to buy passage on a coach to the farthest destination they afford.
  • The canal provided a shorter sea route for steamships, which enabled them to reach their destinations before the clippers.
  • The major contrast with building societies is the destination of the funds.
  • This will now be your desired destination. 2.
  • What are the favorite destinations for groups?
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora place where people go or stay on holidays
a place where a lot of people go for a holiday, especially one that has a lot of things specially provided for tourists such as hotels, swimming pools, organized activities etc: · Acapulco is one of Mexico's most popular resorts.· Lift tickets at most ski resorts are about $30 to $40 a day.
something such as a museum, place, event etc that tourists want to see: · Graceland, Elvis Presley's former home, is now a tourist attraction that draws more than 600,000 visitors every year.
a place where a lot of people like to go on holiday: · Amsterdam is the Netherlands' most popular tourist destination.· Phuket is an international tourist destination 430 miles south of Bangkok.
a place that a lot of tourists go to, but where hotels, food, gifts etc are more expensive than they should be, and that is often not as pleasant or interesting as tourists expect : · Residents are worried that the president's home town will turn into a tourist trap.
American a place where children go to stay for a short time and do special activities and have fun: · College students work at a camp for kids from the inner city, leading craft activities and sports competitions.· A girl's basketball camp is being organized by the City Recreation Department.summer camp: · He's going to a Boy Scout summer camp for two weeks in August.day camp (=a camp where children go during the day, but come home at night): · The YMCA is running a day camp with crafts, sports, and water fun.
British a place where people, especially families, go for their holidays and where there are a lot of organized activities: · She won a talent show at a holiday camp in Wales.
a holiday during which you travel on a large boat that has entertainment, restaurants, swimming pools etc: · The seven-day cruise stops at Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and other Mexican resorts.cruise liner/ship: · a luxury cruise ship
a trip in which you visit several different places with a group of other people: · The tour includes stops in Salzburg and Vienna.package tour (=a tour in which all the travel arrangements are made by the tour company): · Package tours that include tickets to Olympic events have sold well.
British /vacation home American a house that someone owns in a place such as the mountains or the coast where they go for their holidays: · Many Swedes have small vacation homes on a lake shore.
a holiday home that you buy with other people, so that each person can spend a period of time there: · They have a timeshare in Majorca.
American /campsite British a place where people can bring tents or vehicles that they sleep in, to stay in while they are on holiday : · Campgrounds in Glacier National Park open in late May and early June.· Most French towns have a municipal campsite.
a cheap hotel where people can stay for a short time while they are travelling on their holidays: · We stayed at a cheap hostel in the centre of Prague.
the place that you are travelling to
· At the border you will be asked your destination and how long you plan to stay.· The glorious Inca ruins are the main tourist destination in Peru.arrive at/reach your destination · By the time he reached his destination, seven days later, he was half-starved and broke.
if you are on the way to somewhere, you are travelling towards it: · We were already on the way to the airport when we realized we'd forgotten our passports.· I don't know where she is. She's probably on her way to London by now.
travelling in a particular direction: bound for: · We passed a ferry full of people bound for one of the outer islands.eastbound/westbound etc: · It was dark when the southbound international express finally passed by.London-bound/Chicago-bound etc: · Take the London-bound train but get off two stations before the end of the line.
WORD SETS
accelerate, verbaerodynamic, adjectiveaerodynamics, nounairfreight, nounaisle, nounarr., baggage room, nounboard, verbboarding, nounBOL, booking office, nounbrake, nounbrake, verbbrake light, nounbrake shoe, nounbreakdown clause, bulk freight, C&F, cable car, nouncable railway, nouncargo, nouncarriage, nouncarrier, nouncart, nounCFR, change, verbchange, nounchassis, nounchopper, nounCMR, compartment, nounconcourse, nounconductor, nouncongested, adjectiveconnect, verbconnection, nounconsolidator, nouncontainer, nounconveyance, nounconvoy, nouncouple, verbcoupling, nouncourier, nouncourier, verbcrash, verbcrash, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncruise, verbcutting, noundead reckoning, noundelivery date, departure, noundestination, noundispatch rider, noundistribution channel, diverge, verbdouble-book, verbdrop-off, noundrop-shipping, nounelevated railway, nounengine, nounengineer, nounETA, nounfare, nounfeeder, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectivefloating insurance, flow, verbFOB, FOB airport, fogbound, adjectiveFOR, fork, nounfork, verbfree of particular average, adjectivefreighter, noungangway, noungross weight, Gro t, gyroscope, nounHague Rules, nounhelmet, nounhigh-speed, adjectivehijack, verbhijack, nounhitch, verbhub airport, ICAO, intercity, adjectiveinternational airport, interstate, adjectivekph, LGV, line, nounloading, nounluge, nounluggage, nounluggage rack, nounmachine, nounmarine insurance, mileage, nounmilepost, nounmotion sickness, nounmph, mudflap, nounnavigate, verbnavigation, nounnet weight, one-way, adjectiveopen insurance, outride, verbovertake, verbpackager, nounpannier, nounpart shipment, passenger, nounpayload, nounportage, nounporter, nounpropulsion, nounramp, nounreceiving office, red-eye, nounregional airport, re-route, verbreturn, nounreturn, adjectivereverse logistics, ride, verbroller, nounround-trip, nounround-trip, adjectiveroute, nounroute, verbrun, verbrun, nounschedule, nounsecond class, nounservice, nounship, verbshipload, nounshipment, nounshipper, nounshipping, nounshuttle, nounshuttle, verbsingle, adjectivesingle, nounski, nounskid, verbskid, nounstabilizer, nounstaging post, nounstall, verbsteering wheel, nounstopping distance, nounstowage, nounsubsonic, adjectivesupersonic, adjectivesurface transport, tailwind, nountanker, nounticket, nountime machine, nountimetable, nountourist class, nountowrope, nountrack, nountrack, verbtraffic, nountranscontinental, adjectivetransfer, verbtransfer, nountransit visa, nountransportation, nountransship, travel insurance, troop carrier, nountruckload, nountunnel, nountwo-seater, nountyre, noununderway, adjectiveU-turn, nounviaduct, nounwheel, nounwheel, verbwreck, nounyaw, verbyield, verb
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + destination
(=place where a lot of tourists go)· Las Vegas is the country's top tourist destination.
(=place to go for a holiday)· If you like the sun, Tunisia is the ideal holiday destination.
· Scotland is a popular destination for conferences.
· The Greek islands are a favourite destination for people who enjoy the sun and the sea.
(=place that people want to visit)· the Himalayas, one of the world's most sought-after destinations
(=far away from where you are, and exciting)· The company arranges tours to exotic destinations such as Nepal.
(also somebody's ultimate destination formal)· At around 1pm we arrived at our final destination.
(=where someone is trying to go)· Strong winds blew the yacht several miles away from its intended destination.
verbs
(also get to your destination informal)· It had taken us 6 hours to reach our destination.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a town or country where a lot of people go on holiday)· Marmaris is one of Turkey's most popular holiday destinations.
· Egypt became a popular tourist destination in the nineteenth century.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· But they hasten to point out that many spend them taking their charges to exotic educational destinations.· The pluses: spontaneous travel to exotic destinations at bargain-basement prices.· South agrees that exotic destinations lose their rarity value when too many charities go there.
· There was no mention of Nigel's final destination, i.e. the compost heap.· Nobody was to get off until the final destination.· My final destination was Fountain House in Manhattan.· It can therefore pay to subject your verbal presentation to some extremely critical scrutiny before it reaches its final destination.· He walked on his own to his final destination.· To your advantage, though, it is a dotted line along which you certainly can t miss the final destination.· You reach your final destination of Hamstreet via Chilmington Quarry and the village of Kingsnorth.
· The Science and Engineering Research Council are clearly interested in the initial destinations of those students they have funded.· Table 4.5 shows the initial destinations of students according to their source of funding for participation in the Advanced Course.· This chapter provides a brief summary of the main findings of the initial destinations survey.· Planning - General notes Plan for likely direction of the initial approach to destination and each en-route diversion airfield.
· But two major problems were encountered; the cable's weight and the fact that it fell short of its intended destination.· She stiffened as a hand crept up her side, knowing its intended destination.· It is extremely likely, also, that some one was waiting for them at their intended destination.
· I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination.· On top of that, you are heading for new destinations without ever having to pack or unpack.· Which means more than adding new destinations to our worldwide network and advanced aircraft to our fleet.· That job may well be a valuable interim vehicle that you use to take you to your new work destination.· Airtours' management often does its own reconnaissance of potential new destinations - a reflection of the board's workaholic nature.
· If it is successful, Virgin will add other destinations.· The routine can be enlivened at any time of year by the occasional charter to other destinations.
· It's a popular holiday destination, but there are worries about police corruption, especially over drugs.· The United States is the second most popular destination for its exchangers, representing about 20 percent of houses listed.· Their increasingly sophisticated tastes have been met in what has become the world's most popular man-made destination.
· Today, it is a major source of revenue for the city and a tourist destination.
· All invoices also state the consignment's ultimate destination.· One-way streets are utilized to move autos more smoothly and rapidly through the neighborhoods to their ultimate destination.· Neither does it deny the ageing process, or the ultimate destination of life itself.· Finally, he swims and runs to his ultimate destination.· The cargo's ultimate destination had been printed neatly in black pen in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.· The socialist road had to be adhered to, even though that itself was changing with the ultimate destination now uncertain.· On the far side of the stream another valley led on up into the mountains toward Cobak, his ultimate destination.
NOUN
· The upper roof extended over the end balconies with deep valances which incorporated the destination boxes.· These cars had wooden roller blind destination boxes mounted on stanchions which curved outwards over the ends of the half canopies.· Later the metal destination boxes were replaced by wooden ones in the same positions.· It retained its old destination boxes and other appointments.
· You don't find that at too many holiday destinations!· It's a popular holiday destination, but there are worries about police corruption, especially over drugs.· Its relaxed atmosphere, proximity to shops and restaurants and excellent children's facilities combine to make this a delightful holiday destination.· As a family holiday destination, Bournemouth is without equal.· But the unpleasant reality is that some holiday destinations are positively dangerous.· It is Britain's most visited foreign holiday destination but I can't abide the place.· Well-established holiday destinations such as Cornwall and Devon have already seen prices soar, so buyers are searching for cheaper seaside towns.· Having reached your holiday destination, what are you going to record on to the tape?
VERB
· He arrived at this destination at the early age of 35.· The message was delivered in eight days, starting in Houston before arriving at its final destination of Los Angeles.· The distracted car driver who arrives at her destination without mishap ipsofacto saw where she was going.· The procession at last arrived at its destination.· After about fifteen minutes they arrived at their destination.· The party left Boston on July 8 and arrived at its destination seventeen days later.· The latter has no interest in sorting material beyond seeing that items addressed to you arrive at their right destination.· They walked for about an hour before arriving at their destination.
· It also hopes to become the shopping destination for designer clothing.· Your mission statement becomes the desired destination for all your efforts.
· It is typical that the tough men at Pontypool should choose the toughest of destinations.· When the customers control the resources, on the other hand, they choose the destination and the route.· Second, you couldn't really choose your destination.
· She asked the stewardess for a magazine and religiously read every word until they reached their first destination.· Koju drove implacably on until we reached our destination Baabara, a cluster of old stone bungalows.· But some travellers had been trying to reach their destinations since last night.· In early November, my grandfather finally reached his destination.· He increased speed, impatient to reach his destination.· Our expedition has almost reached its destination.· She had at least reached her destination.· Twenty-two percent can not address a letter well enough to guarantee that it will reach its destination.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • After they failed to find their intended victim, they embarked on an indiscriminate anti-foreigner rampage.
  • Eloise was capable of what almost amounted to mesmerism, so thoroughly did she take in her intended victims.
  • It can not move and shoot in the same turn, except that it can be turned to face its intended target.
  • Recovering his balance with uncanny speed, he snarled and launched himself after the still tumbling figure of his intended victim.
  • Satisfied his intended victim was asleep, he gripped the door handle and turned it slowly.
  • Was the call-girl the intended victim?
  • We are near our intended target and head directly there with a vector supplied from above, but we find nothing.
  • What if Everett's putative murderer had been the intended victim of sabotage rather than its practitioner?
  • By comparison with trying to sleep on the cramped seating of today's long-haul flights it was luxury indeed.
  • Hence the decision to buy smaller wide-body jets for long-haul routes.
  • It's jet lag and it affects nearly everyone on long-haul flights.
  • Table 11.9 shows Kuoni's top long-haul destinations in 1983-4.
  • The aunts have brought more baggage than the passengers Rainbow takes to long-haul flights at Heathrow.
1the place that someone or something is going tosomebody’s destination Allow plenty of time to get to your destination.holiday/tourist destination Maui is a popular tourist destination.2destination hotel/resort a place to stay that is the reason for visiting a country or area because it is special or provides many services or activitiesCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + destinationa tourist destination (=place where a lot of tourists go)· Las Vegas is the country's top tourist destination.a holiday destination (=place to go for a holiday)· If you like the sun, Tunisia is the ideal holiday destination.a popular destination· Scotland is a popular destination for conferences.a favourite destination· The Greek islands are a favourite destination for people who enjoy the sun and the sea.a sought-after destination (=place that people want to visit)· the Himalayas, one of the world's most sought-after destinationsan exotic/far-off destination (=far away from where you are, and exciting)· The company arranges tours to exotic destinations such as Nepal.somebody's final destination (also somebody's ultimate destination formal)· At around 1pm we arrived at our final destination.somebody's intended destination (=where someone is trying to go)· Strong winds blew the yacht several miles away from its intended destination.verbsreach/arrive at your destination (also get to your destination informal)· It had taken us 6 hours to reach our destination.
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