When it's heading south, in September, it marks the onset of autumn in the north and spring in the south.

九月，当它朝南运转的时候，在北半球秋天就开始了；同样，南半球的春天刚开始。

youdao

Today’s incident marks an escalation on the part of North Korea, because civilians were involved.

发生在今天的事情因为涉及到普通民众，使得这一事件在韩国方面升级。

youdao

Today's incident marks an escalation on the part of North Korea, because civilians were involved.

发生在今天的事情因为涉及到普通民众，使得这一事件在韩国方面升级。

youdao

Friday marks the first time in nearly two years that North Korean officials have set foot in South Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Traffic problems have escalated at North Farm Industrial Estate in Tunbridge Wells since Marks and Spencer, John Lewis and Asda opened.

BBC: Traffic congestion (generic)

In fact, it was a similarly desperate need for funds that initially drove North Korea to borrow a total of 680 million Deutsche marks and 455 million Swiss francs in syndicated loans from nearly 100 foreign banks in the late 1970s.

WSJ: North Korean Bonds? Now Could Be the Time

For ease of visual comparison, territories are split into 12 geographical regions -- e.g. blue for North America, brown for Northern Africa -- and shading marks out specific countries.

CNN: Mapping out a new world order