They could sail out for days into the unknown and assess the area, secure in the knowledge that if they didn't find anything, they could turn about and catch a swift ride back on the trade winds.

他们可以在未知的海域航行数天，并对该地区进行评估。他们知道如果没有发现任何东西的话，他们可以掉头，并借着信风迅速返回。

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At the moment we are heading more or less south-west to gain advantage of the trade winds which will take us towards our destination on the ocean's other side.

这时我们正朝向西南方向航行，这样我们能利用贸易风把我们带到大洋彼岸的目的地。

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This crescent-shaped ridge of sand dune in Oman was formed by strong trade winds that form a smooth hill facing the wind (left) and concave slipface on the back.

阿曼一座新月形的沙丘脊由强信风吹成，在迎风的方向（图左侧）形成一面平缓的凸破，在背风面形成凹坡。

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On Maui's North Shore, where the trade winds gust past 30 mph most days, windsurfers are developing a new repertoire of jumps and aerobatic maneuvers using man-size kites instead of conventional sails.

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Stiff winds buffeted the World Trade Center wreckage on Saturday and rain began to fall after workers recovered two more bodies from the site.

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The table for Camp Jacob on the island of Guadeloupe, also in the Leeward Islands, shows that rainfall increases at higher elevations and on the windward slopes exposed to the constant and moist northeast trade winds.

BBC: Weather - Antigua and Barbuda