navigate

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Related topics: Transport, Water

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TT to find which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another (为…)导航，指引方向

I’ll drive, you take the map and navigate.

我来开车，你拿着地图指路。

Early explorers used to navigate by the stars.

早期的探险家往往靠星辰确定方向。

navigate your way through/to/around something

We managed to navigate our way through the forest.

我们终于辨明方向走出了森林。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to understand or deal with something complicated 理解，应付〔困难复杂的情况〕

A solicitor will help you navigate the complex legal system.

会有一位律师来帮助你应对错综复杂的司法制度。

navigate through

I am currently trying to navigate through a whole stack of information on the subject.

我目前正在设法整理有关这个问题的一大堆信息。

3 [transitiveT]TTW to sail along a river or other area of water 在〔水上〕航行

The river is too dangerous to navigate.

这河道太危险，不适宜航行。

4 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to find your way around on a particular website, or to move from one website to another 浏览(网站)

The magazine’s website is easy to navigate.

该杂志的网站浏览方便。

Examples from the Corpus

navigate• I don't mind driving but I'd like you to navigate.• This time I'll drive and you navigate.• Those lower down lack both the material and social resources which those higher up can employ to navigate a flexible labour market.• He is navigating a transport ship coming in to land on Mars.• The Elbe River is not as easy to navigate as the Rhine.• They navigate by the stars and by the lie of the land.• Some birds fly at night and navigate by the stars.• Once again, you navigate dark passageways and hostile environments, killing everything that moves.• In times past we Rabari navigated entirely by the stars.• Americans may also have to navigate major changes in the housing market.• Web Rep is part of a growing breed of companies trying to navigate the unfolding world of interactive advertising.• As a cadet, you'll have to navigate through the academy's internal politics.• The eldritch gulls, who navigate with their far-flung friends the rowdy sea-air above London, complicated the dream.• He demonstrated, for example, how to navigate your way over an obstacle like a gate, without disturbing the bird.

navigate by the stars• They navigate by the stars and by the lie of the land.

From Longman Business Dictionary

navigatenav·i·gate /ˈnævɪgeɪt/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

to find your way around on a particular website, or to move from one website to another

The magazine’s website is easy to navigate.

Origin navigate

(1500-1600) Latin past participle of navigare, from navis “ship”

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