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lodestar是什么意思

lodestar

英 ['ləʊdstɑː] 美
  • n. 北极星;目标;指导原则(等于loadstar)

中文词源


lodestar 北极星,指导原则

lode,引导,star,星。引申词义北极星,指导原则。

英文词源


lodestar (n.)
late 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), an old name for the pole star (compare Old Norse leiðarstjarna) as the star that "leads the way" in navigation; from lode (n.) + star (n.). Figurative use from late 14c.

双语例句


1. A mistress lives perhaps too much in the present, but this immediacy is a lodestar.
一个情人则可能过分注重此情此景,活在当下就是她的指导原则.

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