steer

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steer1 /stɪə $ stɪr/ verb

1 car/boat etc 汽車/船等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DIRECTION to control the direction a vehicle is going, for example by turning a wheel 駕駛〔車、船等〕

He was steering with only one hand.

他只用一只手在駕駛。

steer for/towards etc

Steer towards the left.

向左行駛。

2 change SB/STH 改變某人/某物 [transitiveT]CONTROL to guide someone’s behaviour or the way a situation develops 引導，指導〔某人的行爲〕；引領〔局勢的發展〕

steer somebody towards/away from/through etc something

Teachers try to steer pupils away from drugs.

教師試圖引導學生遠離毒品。

Helen tried to steer the conversation away from herself.

海倫設法把話題從自己身上引開。

3 be in charge of 負責 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]IN CHARGE OF to be in charge of an organization, team etc and make decisions that help it to be successful, especially during a difficult time 掌管，控制；〔尤指在困難時期〕帶領…度過

steer something through/to etc something

McKinney steered the company through the recession.

麥金尼帶領公司度過經濟衰退。

4 guide SB to a place 引領某人到某處 [transitiveT]TAKE/BRING to guide someone to a place, especially while touching them 帶領，引導〔尤指同時用手輕觸某人〕

steer somebody towards/to etc something

Joel steered Don and Louise towards the backyard.

喬爾領着唐和路易絲向後院走去。

5 steer clear (of somebody/something) informalAVOID to avoid someone or something unpleasant or difficult 避開（某人/某物）；從（某人/某物）處脫身

Jo tried to steer clear of political issues.

喬試圖避開政治話題。

Examples from the Corpus

steer clear (of somebody/something)• Pittman advises steering clear of any influence that puts our own happiness first.• Investors steered clear of big-name high techs in favor of shares like karaoke equipment trader Nikkodo.• Most of the multinationals have steered clear of commitments so far.• She must steer clear of Matthew and then perhaps this ridiculous infatuation would wear off.• British politicians tend to steer clear of religious topics.• Others steered clear of temptation, like singer Errol Brown from Hot Chocolate.• George Deukejian urged the candidate to steer clear of the issue, which he considers divisive.• Hongkong Bank steered clear of the mania to lend to third-world countries that peaked in the early 1980s.• I think readers should be warned to steer clear of these fish in the future.

6 steer a course BEHAVEto choose a particular way of doing something 選擇某種做法，采用某種方式

Managers were allowed to steer their own course.

經理可以自行決斷。

The government chose to steer a middle course between the two strategies (=chose a strategy that was not extreme).

政府在這兩種策略之間選擇走折中路線。

Examples from the Corpus

steer a course• It was not easy to steer a course between absolute pacifism and revolutionary violence.• It is hard for doctors to steer a course between everyone's different requirements.

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steer• She must steer clear of Matthew and then perhaps this ridiculous infatuation would wear off.• However, I began to steer clear of such stories.• The nose wheel is steered conventionally through the rudder pedals from both sides.• Steer slightly to the right as you enter the bend.• Even the children had a go at steering the boat.• Floyd was going to be too drunk to steer the boat.• You can adjust the height of the steering wheel.

steer for/towards etc• Mind you, he's already steering for himself.• Here, presumably, students are being steered towards more specialist dictionaries.• Both government lending and tax concessions were highly selective, being steered towards particular industries.• In real-life evolution there is nothing that corresponds to steering towards some distant genetic target.• There was a lighted doorway here, I steered for that.• Novice enthusiasts in London should steer towards the Trafalgar Rowing Centre.• One afternoon I saw the huge grey mass of a supertanker steering towards us, some three miles distant in the murk.

steer somebody towards/away from/through etc something• But he said nothing to steer the reporters away from Haldeman, as he had with Colson.• He told her and went back to steer Grace away from harm.• Healthy fears block the path to failure, while unhealthy fears steer organizations away from growth and success.• Maybe he was just trying to steer the conversation away from Theresa.• Still, she thought she would try to steer him away from bacon and toward yogurt.• The only way to steer reclamation away from utter financial disaster in the Missouri Basin was to subsidize it with hydropower revenues.• These kinds of beliefs invariably steer the organization away from the measures it needs to take in times of crisis.

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