英语释义

• a water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)

片语

Seeking a Northwest Passage寻找西北航道

Northwest Passage Expedition西北航道探险

The Northwest Passage西北航道

英汉例句

• On May 19, 1845, two ships set out from England in search of the Northwest Passage through the Arctic.

  1845年5月19日，2艘探险船从英国出发，探索通过北极的西北航道。

• The Northwest Passage that the Mannerists, the Romantics, and two generations of American high school students have searched for does not seem to exist.

  形式主义者、浪漫主义者和两代美国高中学生已搜索的TheNorthwest Passage似乎并不存在。

• The United States is one of many countries that reckon the Northwest Passage is an international waterway, rather than Canada’s sovereign waters.

  美国也和许多国家一样，认为西北航线应当作为一条国际航线，而不该作为加拿大的主权水域。

• Scientists say that ice movement will keep the Northwest Passage clogged for decades, whereas the Northeast Passage around Russia has been open to shipping for part of the year since 1991.

  科学家们说，冰层的运动格局将会继续让西北通道阻塞数十年，而自从1991年临近俄罗斯的东北通道却一直以来开放了很多年。

• Beattie「s gruesome raising of Franklin」s dead, had answered the age-old question of what happened to the ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition.

  比泰揭示了导致富兰克林一行人死亡那可怕的原由，回答了困扰了人们许久是什么原因使得西北航道探险遭到如此厄运的问题。

• Canada and the United States are at odds over the sovereignty of the Northwest Passage that links the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.

  而加拿大和美国的争议在于连接大西洋和太平洋的「西北航道」的主权归属。

• Bowhead whales, the giants of the Arctic, are using the Northwest Passage to move across the top of the Americas.

  北极的巨型动物——北极露脊鲸——正在用西北通道穿越美洲上端的游动。

• The melting ice cap looks almost certain to create a navigable Northwest Passage and unleash a scramble for undersea resources.

  随着冰盖的消融，「打开」一条可航行的西北航线看似已成定局，对海底资源的争夺也一触即发。

• The ever elusive Northwest Passage may be revealing itself in the Arctic.

  在北极，曾经的西北航道有可能展现在世人眼前。

• Other explorers to the Arctic Ocean have sought the fabled Northwest Passage direct shipping route from Europe to Asia across the polar ice.

  其他到达北冰洋的探险家也在寻求传说中跨越极地冰原从欧洲到亚洲直接运输路径的西北通道。

• The Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Routeacross the top of Russiahave indeed been made navigable by climate change, but only for a few days orweeks a year.

  受气候变化影响，西北航道和横穿俄罗斯顶部的北方海航道确实可以通航，但一年之中也只有几天或者几周时间。

• It is said that the Inuit have many words for snow, but when it comes to the Northwest Passage only one type of frozen water matters: muliyear ice.

  据说，因纽特人谈及白雪滔滔不绝，然而，谈到西北航道，仅有一种冻结的水对他们来说意义重大——常年积冰。

• Northwest Passage dispute involves the conflicts between sovereignty and jurisdiction of coastal states and navigation freedom of the Marine powers.

  西北航道法律争议涉及沿海国主权、管辖权与海洋大国航行自由之间的利益沖突。

• The fabled Northwest Passage has made headlines ever since it thawed last year for the first time.

  去年，西北航道首次出现融冰现象，自那以后，这条传说中的航道就频上报刊头条。

• In theory, a complete opening of the Northwest Passage can shave 2, 500 miles off a journey from Europe to Asia.

  理论上，「西北航道」的完全开放可以让欧洲到亚洲之间的旅程缩短2500英里。

• According to NOAA's satellite observation data, the Northwest Passage in the north of Eurasia and the Northeast Passage in the north of Canada have opened in recent years.

  根据美国航空航天局的卫星观测数据显示，俄罗斯北部的东北航道和加拿大北部的西北航道先后相继开通，使得北冰洋的开通逐渐成为现实。