navigate
英 ['n?v?ge?t]
美['n?v?'get]
- vt. 駕駛，操縱；使通過(guò)；航行于
- vi. 航行，航空
GRE低頻詞TEM4TOEFL擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?navigates;過(guò)去式:?navigated;過(guò)去分詞:?navigated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?navigating;
助記提示
1、nav- + ig- "drive" + -ate.
2、字面含義：travel by ship, drive by ship.
中文詞源
navigate 導(dǎo)航，航行來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)navis,船，來(lái)自PIE*snau,流動(dòng)，游泳，詞源同naval,nourish,-ig,驅(qū)動(dòng)，詞源同act,agent.引申詞義導(dǎo)航，航行。
英文詞源
- navigate (v.)
- 1580s, a back-formation from navigation, or else from Latin navigatus, past participle of navigare. Extended to balloons (1784) and later to aircraft (1901). Related: Navigated; navigating.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The purpose of the visit was to navigate into an ice-filled fiord.
- 這次出行是為了能駛?cè)氡└采w的峽灣。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. This outlook helped her to navigate through her later years with success.
- 這種觀念幫她安度了晚年。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most bats navigate by echolocation.
- 大多數(shù)蝙蝠靠回聲定位來(lái)飛行。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. to navigate by the stars
- 根據(jù)星辰確定航向
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. Pigeons navigate less accurately when the earth's magnetic field is disturbed.
- 地球磁場(chǎng)受到干擾時(shí),鴿子的道航能力就會(huì)變得不準(zhǔn)確.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》