a system by which signals are sent from satellites to a special device, used to show the position of a person or thing on the surface of the earth very accurately (the abbreviation for ‘global positioning system’) 全球定位系统(全写为 global positioning system) The drivers all have GPS in the van. 这些司机的厢式货车里都装有全球定位系统。 She switched on the GPS system before she left the airport. 她离开机场前打开了全球定位系统。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGPS is used before these nouns:- antenna
- navigation
- receiver
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