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motion verb + southwards
southwards 是副词，常跟在 move、fly、drive 等移动动词后，表示“朝南”。
The birds flew southwards for the winter.
鸟群向南飞去过冬。
向南；朝南
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
向南；朝南
toward the south
The birds flew southwards for the winter.
鸟群向南飞去过冬。
指朝南移动，不表示“在南方”。
向南,朝南
In a southerly direction; towards the south.
In autumn, many birds fly southwards to warmer places.
秋天，许多鸟儿向南飞到更暖和的地方。
The road continues southwards for another three kilometres.
这条路继续向南延伸三公里。
We walked southwards along the coast until we reached the small harbour.
我们沿着海岸向南走，直到到达那个小港口。
southwards 是副词，常跟在 move、fly、drive 等移动动词后，表示“朝南”。
The birds flew southwards for the winter.
鸟群向南飞去过冬。
需要说明路线或起终点时，可再接 along、from、towards 等介词短语。
We drove southwards along the coast.
我们沿着海岸向南行驶。
further southwards 强调继续向更南的方向推进。
They moved further southwards.
他们又向南移动了一段距离。
Not this
The birds flew to southwards.
Use this
The birds flew southwards.
方向副词 southwards 本身已含“向”的含义，前面不能用介词 to。类似“go there”不能说“go to there”。去掉 to，直接用动词加 southwards 即可表达“朝南飞”。
Not this
They southwards walked along the beach.
Use this
They walked southwards along the beach.
英语中表示运动方向的副词（如 southwards）通常放在谓语动词之后，而汉语习惯将“向南”等状语放在动词前面，导致直译错误。应把 southwards 移到动词 walked 后面。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
朝南前进
The birds headed southwards for the winter.
鸟儿们冬天朝南飞去。
向南旅行
We travelled southwards along the coast.
我们沿着海岸向南旅行。
向南移动
The storm is moving southwards.
暴风雨正在向南移动。
继续向南
After lunch we continued southwards.
午饭后我们继续向南走。
向南迁徙
These birds migrate southwards in autumn.
这些鸟在秋天向南迁徙。
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记忆：south(南)+wards(朝…方向)，看到-wards就想到方向，所以southwards就是朝南。
语域：neutral 常见场景：方向与路线说明、地理或气象描述、较为书面化的叙述 该词是副词，表示“向南；朝南”，多用于方向描述或书面叙述，语气比单纯的 south 稍正式，但通常仍可视为中性表达。
These words all have the same spelling ending -wards and, in the non-rhotic pronunciation used here, end with the unstressed sound /wədz/, exactly like the final syllable of southwards (/ˈsajθwədz/). They are useful for comparing the -wards suffix, but they do not rhyme with southwards because the stressed vowel of south- (given as /aj/) differs from those in these words. Beware the lookalike towards, which is stressed on the second syllable and pronounced /təˈwɔːdz/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.