1·Some 50,000 Nigerian Muslims annually go on the Hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
每年，大概有5万名尼日利亚伊斯兰教徒去沙特阿拉伯的麦加朝圣。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Lying back on my bed, I noticed an arrow on the ceiling—pointing to Mecca.
躺在床上的时候，我注意到天花板上有一个箭头——指向麦加。
3·But New York has been a cultural mecca in good times and bad, and until we hear otherwise it seems likely that the pilgrims will just keep coming.
但风风雨雨这么多年，纽约一直是文化领域的麦加城。除非听到其他说法，不然朝圣者还是会源源不断地到来。
4·Lying back on my bed I noticed an arrow on the ceiling — pointing to Mecca.
躺在床上的时候，我注意到天花板上有一个箭头——那是指向麦加。
5·When a venerable Saudi cleric in the holy city of Mecca challenges a central pillar of Saudi society, it is big news.
一位来自圣城麦加，受人尊敬的修士，向沙特阿拉伯社会最重要的支柱发起挑战，这可是一条大新闻。