英语单词 | helm |
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英美音标 | 英 [helm] 美 [helm] |
中文释义 | n.舵;驾驶盘;领导地位 n.头盔(=helmet) vt.掌舵;控制 |
英语例句 | (1) The ship does't answer to the helm. (2) The ship is still feeling her helm. (3) The general has taken the helm of the states. (4) He was determined to helm the exhibition. |
中文例句 | (1) 舵对船不发生作用了。 (2) 这艘船仍然随舵的操纵而航行。 (3) 这位将军掌握了国家领导权。 (4) 他决定负责此次展览会的领导工作。 |
vocabulary简明 | The person at the helm is the person in charge, and if you happen to be at sea, that person is the one steering the boat with a device called a helm, the mechanism that keeps the boat on course. |
vocabulary扩展 | When someone takes over from someone else — as when a newly elected official takes office, or when a company appoints a new head — you would say that new person has taken the helm. But if you're going to take the helm or be at the helm, you can't have an empty boat. There's got to be a group in there with you that you're taking the helm for, guiding them all. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]舵柄;舵轮 The helm of a boat or ship is the part that is used to steer it. [usu sing]
2 [N-SING 单数名词](政府或组织中的)领导位置 You can say that someone is at the helm when they are leading or running a country or organization. [
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