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  • Conjugation : past  navigated ; ing  navigating
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

navigate ['nævɪgeɪt]
  1. 1. vt. [+ship] [ aircraft] 导航
  2. 2. vt. [+river] [ ocean] 在…航行
  3. 3. vi. (in a car) 指路
  4. 4. vi. [birds] [ fish+] 找到正确方向
    to navigate (one's way) around sth
    [lit] 绕过某物
    to navigate (a path) through sth
    [fig] 找到解决方法

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

navigate ['nævə.get] ['nævɪgeɪt]
  1. 1. vi. 航行驾驶船舶(或飞机
  2. 2. vi. [American English] [Spoken] 走;行走
  3. 3. vt. 坐船(或飞机)航行于
  4. 4. vt. 驾驶船舶飞机
  5. 5. vt. 领航导航
  6. 6. vt. [Spoken] 在…上走;走过

Collins English-English Dictionary

navigate ['nævɪ"geɪt]
  1. 1. vb to plan, direct, or plot the path or position of (a ship, an aircraft, etc)
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to travel over, through, or on (water, air, or land) in a boat, aircraft, etc
  3. 3. vt. [Spoken] to direct (oneself, one's way, etc) carefully or safely
    he navigated his way to the bar
  4. 4. vi. [intr] (of a passenger in a motor vehicle) to give directions to the driver; point out the route
  5. 5. vi. [intr] [rare] to voyage in a ship; sail
  6. 6. vi. [Etymology] C16: from Latin navigare to sail, from navis ship + agere to drive

Examples

to navigate (a path) through sth
[fig] 找到解决的方法
The dense vegation was difficult to navigate through.
繁密的植被让我们很难通过。
People wanting to navigate home from here would need a map and a compass.
想从这里回家的人,会需要一张地图和一个指南针。

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