navigate

英 ['nævɪɡeɪt] 美 ['nævɪɡeɪt]

• vi. 航行；驾驶；操纵
• vt. 航行；驾驶；横渡；<口>设法穿过，走过，经过

英英释义

Verb:

1. travel on water propelled by wind or by other means;

   "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"
   

2. act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance;

   "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"
   "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"
   

3. direct carefully and safely;

   "He navigated his way to the altar"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The river became too narrow and shallow to navigate.
   河道变得又窄又浅，无法航行。
2. Many captains depend on electronic devices to navigate their ships.
   许多船长依靠电子仪器来驾驶他们的船。
3. Hyperlinks make it much easier to navigate through a document.
   超链接使到你在文档中更容易的操纵。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The large ship could not navigate the river.
   那艘大轮船不能在河里航行。
2. Many captains depend on electronic devices to navigate their ships.
   许多船长依靠电子仪器来驾驶他们的船。
3. The city's organic growth hasn't exactly made it the easiest place to navigate.
   这个城市有组织的发展并没有使得其成为易于驾驶的地方。
4. He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic alone.
   他是第一位单独横渡大西洋的人。
5. We next had to navigate a complex network of committees.
   我们下一步必须设法使各级委员会予以通过。
6. I don't like having to navigate London's crowded streets.
   我不愿意在伦敦拥挤的街道上穿行。

经典引文

• The seas were navigated and islands visited by the aid of..canoes.

  出自： J. Yeats

近反义词

【近义词】

• steer 操纵
• pilot 飞行员
• circumnavigate 环球航行
• direct 直接的
• pass through 穿过
• travel through 穿过
• cross 穿过
• traverse 横贯
• cruise 巡航
• sail 航行
• guide 向导
• voyage 航行
• boat 船