navigate
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1 [I] find the position and plot the course of a ship, an aircraft, a car, etc, using maps and instruments (利用地圖和儀器)測定(船、 飛行器、 汽車等的)位置和路線; 導(dǎo)航; 領(lǐng)航
Which officer in the ship navigates? 艦上哪個(gè)軍官引航?
I'll drive the car: you navigate, ie tell me which way to go. 我來開車, 你指路.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
steer (a ship); pilot (an aircraft) 駕駛(船舶、 飛行器等)
navigate the tanker round the Cape 駕駛油輪繞過好望角
(fig 比喻) navigate a Bill through Parliament 使一法案在國會通過.
3 [Tn]
(a) sail along, over or through (a sea, river, etc) 在(海、 河等)上航行; 橫渡(海、 河等)
Who first navigated the Atlantic? 是誰首先橫渡大西洋的?
the first woman to navigate the Amazon alone 第一個(gè)獨(dú)自在亞馬孫河上航行的女子.
(b) (fig 比喻) find one's way through, over, etc (sth) 設(shè)法穿越
I don't like having to navigate London's crowded streets. 我不愿意在倫敦?fù)頂D的街道上穿行.