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global positioning system

全球定位系统,环球定位系统,全球卫星定位系统,全球定位系統

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a system of earth-orbiting satellites, transmitting signals continuously towards the earth, that enables the position of a receiving device on or near the earth's surface to be accurately estimated from the difference in arrival times of the signalsAbbreviation: GPS

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  • At some point during his busy schedule, Israel found the time to write a book, titled The Global War on Morris.

  • There were no deaths on scheduled commercial aviation flights in 2014, in a system that operates 68,000 flights a day.

  • She fills her characters up—strong women beating back against a sexist system—with so much heart.

  • A hundred ultra-wealthy liberal and conservative donors have taken over the political system.

  • “Stay in formation,” a sergeant from the ceremonial unit said over a public address system to the cops along the street.

  • Sweden excluded British goods, conformably to the continental system established by Bonaparte.

  • As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.

  • The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.

  • Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"

  • Thanks to Berthier's admirable system, Bonaparte was kept in touch with every part of his command.