inland
adj[usu attrib 通常作定语]
1
(a) situated in the interior of a country, not by the sea or by a frontier 内陆的; 内地的
inland areas, towns, waterways, etc 内陆的地区、 城镇、 水路等. Cf 参看 coastal (coast1).
(b) (of a sea) (almost) surrounded by land or islands (指海)(几乎)被陆地或岛屿包围的
an inland sea such as the Caspian 如里海那样的内海.
2 (commerce 商 esp Brit) carried on or obtained inside a country 国内的
inland trade, ie domestic trade, as opposed to imports and exports 国内贸易(与进出口贸易相对).
inland adv in or towards the interior 在内地; 在内陆; 向内地; 向内陆
They live inland. 他们住在内地.
move further inland 更深入地向内地迁移.
I shall insist that they do from now on. Eating cabbage will keep them healthy.
我要他们从现在起就吃(醋泡白菜)。吃白菜会使他们的身体保持健康的。
Many offices use answering machines to give information.
许多办公室使用留言机来提供信息。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.