自现象级英语
NAVIGATE
1. 英英释义：to understand or deal with something complicated
例句：People are willing to pay large sums of money to immigration lawyers because they can help them navigate the complex immigration system.
2. 为什么选这个词？
“navigate”是动词，基本意思是“导航、指路、驾驶”，还可以引申为“理清、弄明白”。我们今天学习它的引申义。作引申义讲，navigate 的出现频率不算特别高，但这个用词很精准，它后面一般接专业度很高、比较复杂的领域（比如移民、置地、信托等）。我们来看几个例句。
人们愿意支付大笔移民律师费是因为律师可以帮忙弄明白复杂的移民系统，就可以说：
People are willing to pay large sums of money to immigration lawyersbecause they can help them navigate the complex immigration system.
买房流程复杂，常常让人一头雾水，于是许多人愿意花钱找房屋中介来帮忙。根据这个场景我们可以用 navigate 造句说明房屋中介的主要工作：
Realtors/Estate agents can make a decent living because they can help new home-buyers navigate the complex and often confusing process of purchasing a property.
《经济学人》一篇关于家族办公室（family offices; FOS）的文章中有这么一句：
Advisers from banks and consultancies are also jostling to help FOS navigate what many consider their biggest challenge: ensuring a smooth transition to the next generation.
从这句中也可以看出，帮助家族办公室顺利过渡到下一代是专业性很强的工作。
《经济学人》一篇关于身份识别的文章中有这么一段：
For several months this year, students from Johns Hopkins University and members of Living Classrooms, a local NGO, operated an “identity clinic” for anyone who walked in. Visitors tended to be ex-convicts who had lost their documents. Some were homeless, some were recovering addicts. A few were all three. Volunteers helped them navigate the bureaucracy required to regain recognition.
对有前科的犯人、无家可归者和瘾君子来说，想要自己弄明白如何重新获得身份是件繁琐、复杂的事情，因此训练有素的志愿者就可以发挥价值了。navigate the bureaucracy 就体现了繁琐和复杂性。
3. 怎样学会使用这个词？
1）翻译下面的句子：
因为书单异常晦涩，只有一半的人完成了阅读作业。(重点：书单reading list，晦涩obscure，一半学生 half of the students)
Only half the students completed the assignment because the reading list was unusually obscure to navigate.
造句：
例1：The pre-examination training helps students navigate through a maze of knowledge points. 考前集训有助于学生穿越知识点的迷宫
例2：There's no one I trust more to navigate the stressful working conditions and boost sales of our iconic bonsais. 我谁都不信，就信你能克服紧张的工作压力，提升盆栽的销量。
例3：As her irrational response jepardised community cohesion, psychotherapy was recommended to help her navigate the difficult period. 由于她的不理智威胁社区团结，建议采取心理疏导帮助她度过这个困难阶段。
个人拓展：
发音： /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
语域：用于笔语
搭配：navigate the complex process/ system/ bureaucracy/ challenge/ pathway，
navigate (sth) through sth eg. learning to navigate your way through a forest
There weren't any road signs to help us navigate through the maze of one-way streets.
背诵：
You drive and I'll navigate.
There's no one I trust more to naviagte these tricky political situations.
