They wandered off in the direction of the nearest shop.

他们朝着最近那家店铺的方向闲逛去了。

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The animals turned and swam in the direction of the nostril that first received the odor.

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Some people like to use an arrow, and the arrow points in the direction of the more electronegative end.

也可以用箭头，箭头指向,带负电的一极。

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It's this sense of injustice that keeps pushing this elegy in the direction of a theodicy: an attempt to justify the ways of God.

正是这种愤愤不平使这首悼亡诗,越来越像斯奥迪斯：试图证明上帝之所为。

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If you believe it, you change your behavior in the direction of being cured.

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The group was seen driving the surviving ponies along Minley Road in the direction of Yateley.

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In the closing stages Rangers launched attack after attack in the direction of Speroni.

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