navigate /ˈnævəˌgeɪt/ verb navigates; navigated; navigating
navigates; navigated; navigating
Learner's definition of NAVIGATE
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: to find the way to get to a place when you are traveling in a ship, airplane, car, etc.导航;引路 [no object]
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For thousands of years, sailors navigated by the stars.数千年来,海员根据星辰确定航向。
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How about if you drive and I navigate?你驾车,我导航,怎么样?
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often used figuratively常用作比喻 2
a : to sail on, over, or through an area of water航行于;横渡 [+ object]
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b : to travel on, over, or through (an area or place)穿过;经过 [+ object]
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[+ object] : to control the direction of (something, such as a ship or airplane) : steer驾驶;操纵 —
often used figuratively常用作比喻 4
computers : to go to different places on the Internet or on a particular Web site in order to find what you want(在互联网上)浏览,访问 [+ object]
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