geographical

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ge·o·graph·i·cal /ˌdʒiːəˈɡræfɪkəl◂/ (also geographic) adjectiveadj

1 relating to the place in an area, country etc where something or someone is 地理的，地理位置的

geographical area/location/position

a large geographical area

一大片地理区域

their geographical proximity to Japan (=nearness to Japan)

它们和日本相邻的地理位置

2 relating to geography 地理的，地理学的

geographical research work

地理学的研究工作

—geographically /-kli/ adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

geographical• There were both geographical and historical reasons for this exodus towards the West.• Clustering of high fertility families, and geographical and social isolation of some estates, may be important too.• Yet here was a view of the Earth that showed no political, racial or geographical boundaries.• On a global turnover of £656 million in 1991/2, the geographical break down was: U.S. 38.4%.• These two techniques of casting are regarded as distinct and having different geographical distributions.• The police demarcated the city into eighteen geographical divisions, the gangs and races into thousands.• Each place will tend to support a particular kind of instrument, depending on geographical factors and the available flora and fauna.• geographical maps of the area• It involves transformation of data so that they are reported at a comparable geographical scale, projection and set of geographical units.

geographical area/location/position• Mr Foster, for the appellants, submits that it means the inhabitants of a particular geographical area.• Her population, geographical position, army and industrial strength made her the leading continental nation.• He says that the community would be split, with strange geographical areas being merged.• Civilizations as geographical areas Civilizations, vast or otherwise, can always be located on a map.• Moreover, they are inclined to deal with geographical areas in turn.• However, the expertise it has developed serves a much wider geographical area than the West Midlands, where it is based.• Linguistic ability posed special problems where one particular geographical area was concerned.• The geographical area where each sale was made; 6.

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BNC: 4234 COCA: 6716

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