GPS operates best near the equator.
全球定位系统在赤道附近性能最好。
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The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth.
赤道是一条假想的环绕地球腰部的线。
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All the planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane, around its equator.
所有行星基本在同一个平面上围绕太阳赤道运转。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
The United States is north of the equator.
美国位于赤道以北。
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They wobbled along the equator before fizzling out.
它们一直在赤道附近摇摆，直到消失。
To the north of the equator these are called north-easterlies.
在赤道以北，这些被称为东北风。
At these times of the year, the sun appears to be directly over Earth's equator.
每年的这个时候，太阳出现在地球赤道的正上方。
In the Southern hemisphere winter has begun, and it is summer north of the equator.
在南半球，冬天已经开始，赤道以北是夏天。
The key to the Pacific islanders' success was probably their location near the equator.
太平洋岛民成功的关键可能是他们靠近赤道的位置。
Our planet Earth is comparatively small, with only about 24,902miles around the equator.
我们的地球相对来说比较小，绕赤道一周只有24902英里。
Where the Curiosity actually sits is a 96-mile-wide crater named Gale near the Martian equator.
“好奇号”实际所在的位置是火星赤道附近一个名为盖尔的96英里宽的陨石坑。
Three very large volcanoes are found on the Tharsis bulge, an enormous geologic area near Mars's equator.
在塔尔西斯高原上发现了三座非常大的火山。塔尔西斯高原是火星赤道附近一片广阔的地质区域。
What we need is a really tall tower here on the ground right at the equator and a satellite in geostationary orbit.
我们需要的是一个在赤道处地面上的非常高的塔，以及沿地球静止轨道绕地运转的卫星。
When the magnetic field is at its strongest, and sunspots at their most plentiful, they cluster close to the equator.
当磁场最强，太阳黑子最丰富的时候，它们会聚集在赤道附近。
For those living near the equator in particular, its waxing and waning was more conspicuous than the passing of the seasons.
尤其对于那些生活在赤道附近的人来说，它的盈亏比季节的变化更为明显。
What that meant was that the sky could be partitioned, divided up, much more symmetrically than it could farther away from the equator.
这意味着天空可以被分割开来，比远离赤道的地方要对称得多。
Only during the short lag between onset of global temperature change and sea level response can warm-adapted species migrate from the equator toward higher latitudes.
只有在全球气温变化开始和海平面反应之间的短暂滞后期间，适应气候变化的物种才能从赤道向高纬度地区迁移。
That's about how high an object would have to be orbiting straight up from the equator to constantly remain directly above the exact same spot on the rotating planet Earth.
这大约是一个物体从赤道沿轨道垂直向上运行的高度，这样它就可以一直保持在地球同一地点的正上方。
During cooling most migrants would be expected to travel toward Africa, which is near the equator, since this is the direction dictated by habitat changes on a cooling Earth.
在气候变冷期间，大多数迁徙者预计将前往靠近赤道的非洲，因为在气候变冷的地球上，这是栖息地变化所决定的方向。
They could trace the growth and shrinkage of continental glaciers, even in parts of the ocean where there may have been no great change in temperature—around the equator, for example.
他们可以追踪大陆冰川的生长和收缩，即使是在温度变化不大的海洋区域——比如，赤道附近。
Undaunted, he remained south of the equator, keeping himself busy by studying the islands of Mauritius and Madagascar before setting off to observe the next transit in the Philippines.
他毫不气馁，继续留在赤道以南，在动身前往菲律宾观察下一个过境点之前，他一直忙于研究毛里求斯和马达加斯加群岛。
This is enough to make an electric car drive about 370 million km, which is 9,250 times as long as the earth's equator.
这足以让一辆电动汽车行驶约3.7亿公里，是地球赤道的9250倍长。
The tick escaped from Tom, presently, and crossed the equator.
那只扁虱很快就逃过了汤姆的手，越过了界限。
Unlike earlier lunar missions, Clementine didn't orbit only around the moon's equator.
不像早些时候的月球探测那样，克莱门飞船并不是仅仅沿着月球的轨道飞行。
The equator engirds the earth.
赤道环绕地球。
Clear Waters Make Hurricanes Hug equator.
清澈的海水使飓风拥抱赤道。
They are concentrated on rocky, equator-facing slopes.
它们集中在岩石质的、面向赤道的斜坡上。
Instead, they wobbled along the equator before fizzling out.
相反，它们一直在赤道附近摇晃，直到消失。
He says countries closest to the equator will be hardest hit.
他说最靠近赤道的国家将受损最严重。
As the cycle progresses, it follows the spots towards the equator.
随着活动周期的进展，高速气流随着太阳黑子向太阳的赤道方向移动。
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