Because of the barrier of ice to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and populated areas to the north, there may have been a greater impetus for people to move in a southerly direction.

因为东面有冰的屏障，西面是太平洋，而且北面是人口稠密的地区，所以促使人们向南迁移的动力会更大。

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Yet from every direction — east, west, north, and south, strong winds blew upon the unlucky city.

在这个不幸的城市，风来自不同的方向——东方、西方、北方和南方——肆虐着。

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America's invasion of Iraq, and the Kremlin's attack on Yukos against the background of a rising oil price, coincided to change Russia's direction and subsequently its relationship with the West.

在油价不断上涨的背景下，美国入侵伊拉克，克里姆林宫处理尤科斯，这两件事同时发生改变了俄罗斯的方向，并继而改变了它和西方的关系。

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The instrument has established that winds generally blow east-west on the floor of the crater - something of a surprise to researchers who thought the rover's position close to the northern slopes of Gale's big central mountain might drive winds in a prevailing north-west direction as air moved up and down the peak in a day-night cycle.

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He said that he believed it was extraterrestrial, as a satellite would have been traveling on a west-east axis, whereas the object traveled in the opposite direction before bursting into flames.

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