compass

美音：[ˈkʌmpəs] 英音：['kʌmpəs]

简单释义：

n.罗盘；指南针；圆规；〈正式〉范围

v.完成；理解；领悟；将…包围

网络指南者；音域；指北针

变形：

复数：compasses 现在分词：compassing 过去分词：compassed

完整释义：

1.罗盘; 指南针
2.圆规
3.〈正式〉范围; 限制
4.【乐】音域

1.理解; 领悟
2.将...包围
3.成功办到; 完成; 得到

例句：

His father gave him a compass at age five, and he puzzled over the nature of a magnetic field for the rest of his life.
他的父亲在他五岁的时候给了他一个指南针。从此他的一生都在考虑这样的一个磁场本质问题。
The way we heard it framed was that people feel increasingly that Chinese society has no moral compass.
制定这道法令的情形是，人们感到中国社会正在陷入一种道德迷失。
With a strong magnet close by, anything like a magnetic compass can no longer tell about the earth's weak magnetic field.
如果把一块磁力很强的磁铁放在近旁，任何像磁性罗盘之类的东西都无法分辨出正确方向。
He claims that the whole time he never lost his moral compass, never doubted himself or strayed from his mission.
他声称自己自始至终都不曾迷失自己的道德准则，从来没有怀疑自己也没有叛离自己的任务。
At the moment , I lose my compass and my way . There is nothing in my mind . I was afraid to think all of this what will become .
仿佛就在那一瞬间，我丢失了人生的指南，迷失掉了自己的方向。脑中变得一片空白，不敢想象结局到底还会发展到什么地步。
Though Wildeve's fevered feeling had not been elaborated to real poetical compass, it was of the standard sort.
韦狄热烈的感情，虽然还没发展到真正有诗意的程度，却是够得上标准。
Tropical sun, exotic animals, atolls - adventure only with a paper plan, compass and my own sketchbook-diary like this graphic. . .
热带阳光、稀有动物、环状珊瑚岛——一次冒险，仅有简单的计划、指南针以及我的素描本，正像这个图形展现的一样……
Do you know that you can use a watch as a compass on a sunny day ? Take a watch and point the hour-hand in the direction of the sun .
你知道天晴时可把手表当作指南针用吗？拿一块手表，将时针指向太阳；

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