direction是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 方向， 方位； 指令， 说明，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But they were not in a situation to suffer their thoughts to dwell on the charms of natural objects; and, as the scout had not found it necessary to cease his culinary labors while he spoke, un-less to point out, with a broken fork, the direction of some particularly obnoxious point in the rebellious stream, they now suffered their attention to be drawn to the necessary though more vulgar consideration of their supper.
-- Duncan turned quickly in the direction indicated by the other's eyes, and read a confirmation of his worst apprehen-sions in the conduct of the Indians.
-- Heyward turned the instant she gave a direction to his sus-picions, and peering just above the ledge which formed the threshold of the open outlet of the cavern, he beheld the malignant, fierce and savage features of Le Renard Subtil.
-- By the frequency with which the few speakers pointed in the direction of the encampment of Webb, it was apparent they dreaded the approach of danger from that quarter.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Youth has turned to gods we of an earlier day knew not, and it is possible to see already the direction in which those who come after us will move.
-- It was a record of hard work and of little adventure; of experiments in this direction and in that; of the gradual acquisition of the knowledge of books and of men.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But, notwithstanding their efforts, the balloon still fell, and at the same time shifted with the greatest rapidity, following the direction of the wind, that is to say, from the northeast to the southwest.
-- He was a native of Massachusetts, a first-class engineer, to whom the government had confided, during the war, the direction of the railways, which were so important at that time.
-- But to follow this direction was to go south, exactly opposite to that part of the coast where Harding might have landed.
-- Lastly, beyond and above the plateau, in a northwesterly direction and at a distance of at least seven miles, glittered a white summit which reflected the sun's rays.
-- Chapter 4 All at once the reporter sprang up, and telling the sailor that he would rejoin them at that same place, he climbed the cliff in the direction which the Negro Neb had taken a few hours before.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In giving him this direction Mr Chuckster remarked that he wished that he might be blessed if he could make out whether he (Kit) was 'precious raw' or 'precious deep,' but intimated by a distrustful shake of the head, that he inclined to the latter opinion.
-- Receiving from the wife of this immaculate man, a direction to Mr Garland's, he took the box upon his shoulder and repaired thither directly.
-- But as this direction relieved them from any shadow of delicacy or uneasiness, they made a hearty meal and enjoyed it to the utmost.
-- It was not very easy to procure a direction to the fold in question, as none of the neighbours were of the flock that resorted thither, and few knew anything more of it than the name.
-- She tried to recall the way they had come, and to look in the direction where the fire by which they had slept last night was burning.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The soldiers and prisoner descended the stairs and went in the direction of the main entrance.
-- With uplifted shoulders, his robe unbuttoned, and portfolio under his arm, he almost ran, his heels clattering on the floor, and his disengaged hand outstretched in the direction in which he was going.
-- She uttered an exclamation, and with a swift movement, releasing her hand, she ran in the direction of the crowd.
-- The new faces of witnesses were now seen in the court-room, and Nekhludoff noticed Maslova constantly turning her head in the direction of a smartly attired, stout woman in silk and plush, with an elegant reticule hanging on her half-bare arm.
-- When he reached the end of the room the warden said something, but Nekhludoff, who was absorbed in his thoughts, paid no attention to it, and followed in the direction led by the crowd, that is, to the men's ward instead of the women's.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There is, however, a tendency to draw an unreal distinction between the former three dimensions and the latter, because it happens that our consciousness moves intermittently in one direction along the latter from the beginning to the end of our lives."
-- But some philosophical people have been asking why three dimensions particularly why not another direction at right angles to the other three? and have even tried to construct a Four-Dimensional geometry.
-- "That shall travel indifferently in any direction of Space and Time, as the driver determines."
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