The compass needle was pointing north.

罗盘指针指向北方。

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Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass.

观光客从四面八方赶了过来。

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Name thy desire, and so it be within the compass of my royal power, it is thine.

说出你的愿望，它在我的王权范围之内，它就是你的。

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A compass is a device containing a metal object that points toward the magnetic north pole.

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The most important device for knowing directions on the ocean is a compass.

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"It seems to me the BBC has lost the moral compass.

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In past centuries, China was very innovative and developments included gun powder and the compass.

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Suddenly we were coming about again, and I watched the compass needle whirl to its new heading.

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Or is there some insidious problem looming, causing havoc with our previously extremely reliable navigation tool - the compass?

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