【direction音标】 英[dəˈrekʃn] 美[dəˈrekʃn]
【单词释义】 direction是什么意思：
n.方向；趋势；方面；用法说明
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] directions
【direction形近词/近似词】
erection n. 建造，竖起；建筑物，竖立物；勃起
insurrection n.暴动；叛乱；起义
correction n.改正，纠正
【常用短语】
in the direction of 朝…方向，向…方向
under the direction of 在…的指导下
【单词例句】
◇ Once, when speeding up, our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm, which destroyed our GPS receiver and made us lose sight of the directions. A constantly flashing light showed that our jet was in danger.
有一次，我们的喷气飞机在加速时被一场雷暴吞没，不仅损坏了GPS信号接收器，还使我们看不见方向。一盏持续闪亮的灯说明我们的飞机正处在危险中。
---- An Air Crash
◇ "Talking to other people can be problematic, too," Firmstone said. "I've seen people fly off the end because they were looking in a different direction than they were running, which throws off your proprioception (your body's ability to sense motion and location)."
费尔姆斯通表示：“在跑步机上和别人聊天也有安全隐患。我见过有人从跑步机尾部跌落，因为他们在跑步时看着另外一个方向，从而扰乱了本体感受（身体感知运动和位置的能力）。”
---- How to use treadmills safely
◇ Two satellites,the American Compton gamma-ray observatory and the Italian-Dutch Bepposax satellite,have now been able to locate the precise direction of gamma-ray bursts within seconds of them occurring.
美国康普顿伽马卫星天文台的两颗卫星和意大利比珀撒克斯公爵的卫星将在第二次伽马射线发生爆炸的方向准确地登陆。
---- The Big Bang