The Transcontinental Railroad connected the East Coast with the West Coast in the 19th century.
在19世纪，横贯大陆铁路将东海岸与西海岸相连。
She completed a
transcontinental hike, covering over 3,000 miles.
她完成了横跨大陆的徒步旅行，行程超过3000英里。
The marathon route took participants on a
transcontinental journey through several states.
马拉松路线让参赛者穿越多个州进行了一次跨国长跑。
The Transcontinental flight from New York to Los Angeles was a remarkable achievement.
从纽约到洛杉矶的跨大陆航班是一项了不起的成就。
The
transcontinental railroad played a pivotal role in the westward expansion of the United States.
横贯大陆的铁路在美国内陆扩张中起到了关键作用。
They decided to drive across the country for their summer vacation, taking a
transcontinental road trip.
他们决定驾车进行一次横穿国家的暑期假期旅行。
The
transcontinental railroad allowed people and goods to travel coast to coast much faster.
横贯大陆的铁路使得人们和货物能更快地跨越东西海岸。
The telegraph line provided the first
transcontinental communication link between the United States.
电报线为美国提供了第一条横跨大陆的通信线路。
The
transcontinental railroad was a symbol of American ingenuity and technological prowess.
横贯大陆的铁路是美国创新精神和技术实力的象征。
A group of cyclists set out on a
transcontinental ride to raise funds for charity.
一群自行车手开始了横越大陆的骑行活动，以筹集慈善资金。
"Even though the cost of air cargo service is higher than transcontinental rail and container vessel operations, we have seen surging demand for such services from domestic companies in shipping their medical supplies, manufactures and retail goods after they resumed production," said Liao Tao, general manager of China Post's goods delivery unit.
Xiamen Airlines brightens strong financial reputation with new transcontinental flightsXiamen Airlines boasts a unique record in the history of Chinese civil aviation: It has been profitable for 31 consecutive years since 1987.
"The service, officially known as the China Railway Express, refers to the transcontinental cargo trains connecting China, Central Asia and Europe, as well as other economies in the Belt and Road Initiative.
CGN has secured 40,000 metric tons of uranium from the transcontinental country in northern Central Asia and East Europe.
Markus' transcontinental run lasted 235 days.
Chi Yongning, chief engineer at new energy department of China Electric Power Research Institute, said safe and stable transcontinental electricity grids require abundant power.
The transcontinental cargo train service has proved that it is no longer a supplement to secure the stability of supply chains between the two sides, said Feng Hao, a researcher at the Institute of Comprehensive Transportation, which is affiliated with the National Development and Reform Commission.
That is why the exchanges of the SCO member states at the SCODA site have broad prospects, especially for the Central Asian countries, which are expected to be the transcontinental crossroads connecting east and west as well as north and south by solving the strategic task of finding direct access to seaports, he said.
With the "One Belt - One Road" initiative, China has opened the gateway to Europe for transcontinental rail transport in Duisburg Port.
The ministry will help the needy domestic manufacturers gain access to the transcontinental freight train services to procure supplies of materials and parts from Europe necessary for production resumption as soon as possible, said a circular issued by the ministry on Tuesday.
The transcontinental railroad services have proved that they can help companies from both sides sustain business, because their imports are complementary, said Luo Renjian, a researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission's Institute of Transportation Research.
Transcontinental freight train services are becoming increasingly popular with Chinese and European traders as the COVID-19 curbs on shipping and air transport have crimped commercial activities between the two sides, industry experts said on Tuesday.
Thanks to the growing demand, its transcontinental freight service frequency has grown by 38 percent on a yearly basis during the first quarter of this year.
Li Jianhong, chairman of China Merchants Group, said epidemic constraints in several countries prompted the company to come out with Plan-B solutions such as raising the operational frequency of transcontinental train services and ocean-rail through services to facilitate domestic exporters' production resumption and exports, as well as ensure the smooth running of the global supply chain.
China spearheads the BRI to create transcontinental infrastructural and trade networks across land and sea routes, so as to deliver development and prosperity to billions of people around the world.
They are typically used in mining, natural resource management, renewable energy, transcontinental logistics, and supply chain management.
German luxury auto manufacturer Porsche has resorted to rail transport, or China-Europe Railway Express, for its transcontinental logistics since April, German media dpa reported on Saturday.
Liu Zhiyuan, secretary general of the Beijing-based Transcontinental Research Institute, said Chinese firms seeking overseas expansion in economies involved in the Belt and Road Initiative need to unite to build a risk-prevention system.
Apart from an offline opening ceremony held in Shanghai, the meeting was joined virtually by overseas tech gurus like Turing Award recipient Yoshua Bengio and Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk through video conferencing, as the COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily restricted transcontinental travel.
The UAE government supports China's strategic transcontinental Belt and Road Initiative.