The investigation was carried out under the direction of a senior police officer. 调查是在一位高级警官的指导下进行的。
Stones were flying about in every direction. 石块朝四面八方乱飞。
direction
[ noun ]
a line leading to a place or point
<noun.location> he looked the other direction didn't know the way home
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
<noun.linkdef> he checked the direction and velocity of the wind
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
<noun.cognition> I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts his ideals determined the direction of his career they proposed a new direction for the firm
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
<noun.communication>
the act of managing something
<noun.act> he was given overall management of the program is the direction of the economy a function of government?
a message describing how something is to be done
<noun.communication> he gave directions faster than she could follow them
the act of setting and holding a course
<noun.act> a new council was installed under the direction of the king
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
<noun.communication> the judge's charge to the jury
the concentration of attention or energy on something
<noun.cognition> the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology he had no direction in his life
Direction \Di*rec"tion\, n. [L. directio: cf. F. direction.] 1. The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o? public affairs or of a bank.
I do commit his youth To your direction. --Shak.
All nature is but art, unknown to thee; ll chance, direction, which thou canst not see. --Pope.
2. That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.
The princes digged the well . . . by the direction of the law giver. --Numb. xxi. 18.
3. The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.
4. The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.
5. The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
6. (Gun.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. --Wilhelm.
Usage: {Direction}, {Control}, {Command}, {Order}. These words, as here compared, have reference to the exercise of power over the actions of others. Control is negative, denoting power to restrain; command is positive, implying a right to enforce obedience; directions are commands containing instructions how to act. Order conveys more prominently the idea of authority than the word direction. A shipmaster has the command of his vessel; he gives orders or directions to the seamen as to the mode of sailing it; and exercises a due control over the passengers.
"What I've been told is the campaign will see what it looks like tonight and the senator will talk to his advisers to see what direction the campaign will take," Mulligan said.
Brian J. Luedtke, a technical analyst at Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Minneapolis, said he believes investors need further evidence about the economy's direction before the market will be able to escape from its recent malaise.
Under the direction of grounds superintendent Peter Hatch, the Northeast Vineyard laid out in 1807 was replanted with 21 vinifera varieties (only a few vines of each) in 1983.
Twenty years ago, Connecticut lawmakers approved a statewide income tax, only to reverse direction in the face of voter revolt and quickly repeal it.
It may even exert pressure in the other direction.
The Runaways, who played punk rock, were never big sellers and they took their share of critical lumps before breaking up in the late 1970s over fights about future direction.
With many states falling far behind their anticipated revenues, taxes seem to have only one direction to go.
The Treasury's 30-year benchmark bond ended nearly 1/2 point higher while the issue's yield, which moves in the opposite direction of its price, eased to 8.44%.
It lacked energy, inner direction, strength of conviction; it gave the impression of rather tired imitation, of Vienna Phil re-production.
It is attempting to solve its problems, not, in my opinion, trying to set direction for the nation.
Freshness abounds. Michael Bognadov's direction works by an accumulation of small touches.
Permits can indicate the direction of home-building activity, economists say.
But Mr. Hurt, under Randa Haines's understated direction, gives this character surprising humanity.
The direction is by Gerard Murphy.
Arizona Public Service "is moving in the right direction by lowering its rate request," said Gary Yaquinto, director of the commission's utilities division.
Mr John Monks, TUC general secretary, said: 'These new maternity rights are a step in the right direction but they don't go far enough.
Dealers will watch both meetings for a change in direction for the dollar.
But the momentum is building up and we are moving in the right direction,' he added.
The mergers which created SmithKline Beecham and Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Roche's agreed acquisition of Syntex in May, were steps in this direction.
These individuals said that MacPherson was established by Drexel's high-yield bond department in Beverly Hills at Mr. Milken's direction.
'Their mad policies have infiltrated the Welsh party and are pushing it in a direction and at a rate that the people of Wales do not altogether want.' Conservatives are adamantly opposed to any form of devolution.
A sharply stronger financial rand worked against shares, compounding the day's downward drift as the market struggled for fresh direction.
Analysts weren't surprised that the stock rally fizzled. With the end of the year rapidly approaching, too many crosscurrents are at work in the stock market for prices to move steadily in any direction, the analysts said.
High hopes of the benefits of Mr Sherlock's rationalisation blueprint, that accompanied the rights, have been dashed, and his departure raised further concerns over NFC's strategic direction.
The survivor of a bruising 1986 Senate battle over his elevation to chief justice, Rehnquist has emerged as the collegial orchestrator of a major rightward shift in the court's direction.
So, gradually, the Federal Reserve is likely to be moving in the direction of ease.
Its general direction is likely to be down, as the accompanying table suggests, and the decline could well persist for many months and be substantial.
But he added the firm "always would respect the direction of the American Stock Exchange and, by extension, the Tokyo Stock Exchange." Existing warrants would continue to trade until their expiration.
'Nobody wants to do anything, the market is without direction,' said one broker in Milan.
"These results do not alter our confidence in our direction or our future prospects," Chairman Robert E. Allen said in a news release.