Some 50,000 Nigerian Muslims annually go on the Hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

每年，大概有5万名尼日利亚伊斯兰教徒去沙特阿拉伯的麦加朝圣。

Lying back on my bed, I noticed an arrow on the ceiling—pointing to Mecca.

躺在床上的时候，我注意到天花板上有一个箭头——指向麦加。

Several men wash their hands and faces with water from teakettles and kneel toward Mecca for evening prayers.

一些人用水壶里的水洗手和脸后，朝麦加方向跪下，进行晚间祈祷。

The coast is a mecca for tourists.

沿海一带是旅游的热门景点。

Thailand has become the tourist mecca of Asia.

泰国已经成为亚洲旅游胜地。

Olivia, this is a real surprise since Minnesota has long been considered a real Mecca for loveless couples.

奥利维亚，这真是个惊喜，因为明尼苏达州一直被认为是无爱夫妻的圣地。

The two tallest buildings in the world are the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE and the Makkah Royal Clock Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

世界上最高的两栋建筑是阿联酋迪拜的哈利法塔和沙特阿拉伯麦加的麦加皇家钟楼。

“This city is Mecca for Art Nouveau fans, ” says Inga.

“这座城市是新艺术装饰风格爱好者们的麦加，”英嘉说。

Two problems. The first is that Mecca keeps moving.

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor遇到了问题。两个问题。第一个麦加一直在动。

Mecca already boasts dozens of fancy international hotels.

麦加为已拥有数十家富丽堂皇的国际酒店而自豪。

The Billboard Hot 100 is the Mecca for mainstream music maniacs.

公告牌百大热门单曲（The Billboard Hot 100）对于主流音乐发烧友来说就犹如圣城麦加。

This world-famous destination is a Mecca for anyone who loves to surf.

对于热爱冲浪的人，这处享誉全球的海滩绝对是圣地。

Lying back on my bed I noticed an arrow on the ceiling — pointing to Mecca.

躺在床上的时候，我注意到天花板上有一个箭头——那是指向麦加。

Umra refers to other pilgrimages to Mecca, which can take place any time of the year.

U mra指一年中的任何时间进行的麦加朝觐。

The north shore is a mountain biking mecca and I run on rainforest trails every weekend.

北海岸那边是个山地自行车热点，每周末我都会去骑车穿梭在雨林之间。

Singapore seems to have gone from strait-laced container port to gambling mecca in one bound.

新加坡似乎已从一个传统的集装箱港口城市一跃成为了赌徒们的圣地。

Likewise, Saudi's Al-Wafeer is targeting Iraqis wanting to visit the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

沙特的Al - Wafeer航班就是针对去麦加和麦地那观光的伊拉克人的。

New York's art, music, dance, and fashion scenes are a mecca for the young and professional alike.

纽约的艺术、音乐、舞蹈和流行服饰圈对年轻人和专业人士同样都是心所向往之处。

Cattle and camels still earn money, as do goats shipped to Saudi Arabia for slaughter by pilgrims to Mecca.

牛和骆驼还能赚钱，羊被船运到沙特阿拉伯麦加被朝圣的人屠宰。

LIKE another famous town that beckons visitors in a searing desert, Mecca has only one big, if different, draw.

像另一座位于炙热沙漠中像游客招手的著名城市一样，麦加也仅有一个引人之处，只是特点有所不同。

Mocha was also the main port for the one sea route to Mecca, and was the busiest place in the world at the time.

摩卡在当时也是前往圣地麦加的海上航线上的主要港口之一，也是当时世界是最繁忙的港口。

Another showed the sun setting on Mecca, with its Kaaba (the big black box focus of pilgrim worship), in real time.

另外一个频道是日落时分的麦加，实时播放着“卡巴”（朝圣的大黑屋子）的镜头。

Both the new strain and seasonal flus will be circulating in the world, increasing the risk of flus mixing in Mecca.

新流感病毒和季节性流感病毒将在全球传播，这也加大了不同流感病毒在麦加发生混合的危险性。

The village, home of the famous Pinehurst Resort, is a golfing mecca located in the Sandhills of North Carolina.

这个村是位于北卡罗莱纳沙丘的高尔夫圣地，著名的松树林度假村所在地。

When a venerable Saudi cleric in the holy city of Mecca challenges a central pillar of Saudi society, it is big news.

一位来自圣城麦加，受人尊敬的修士，向沙特阿拉伯社会最重要的支柱发起挑战，这可是一条大新闻。

In cities such as Jinghong and Liuku, they sell Burmese gems in shops decorated with Arabic calligraphy and pictures of Mecca.

在景洪和六库，他们出售装饰着阿拉伯书法和麦加风景缅甸宝石。

They shun jacket and tie, exclude women from the workspace, and even aspire to replace Greenwich Mean Time with Mecca Mean Time.

他们拒绝夹克和领带，不允许妇女出现在工作场所，甚至自行创立一个麦加标准时间用以代替格林尼治标准时间。

Mecca Laa Laa wears a 'Burqini' on her first surf lifesaving patrol at North Cronulla Beach in Sydney, Australia on February 4, 2007.

2007年2月4日，在悉尼的北克罗纳拉海滩，麦加·拉·拉（Mecca Laa Laa）在首次冲浪救生巡逻中身着“布基尼”泳衣。