compass
美 [ˈkʌmpəs] 
英 ['kʌmpəs]
- 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
词形变化
复数：compasses 现在分词：compassing 过去分词：compassed 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c] 罗盘；罗经；指南针；罗盘仪an instrument for finding direction, with a needle that always points to the north |
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| the points of the compass(= N, S, E, W, etc.) 罗经方位点（东、南、西、北等） |
2. | [c] 圆规；两脚规an instrument with two long thin parts joined together at the top, used for drawing circles and measuring distances on a map |
3. | [sing] 范围；范畴；界限a range or an extent, especially of what can be achieved in a particular situation |
| the compass of a singer's voice(= the range from the lowest to the highest note that he or she can sing) 歌手的音域 |
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例句
Compass ? The invention of the compass is the result of China ancient working people know to the object magnetism in the long-term practice.
指南针指南针的发明是我国古代劳动人民长期实践中认识到物体的磁性的结果。
Though receiving the compass, he said he wouldn't comply with her order, However, he can take some comprised action.
虽然收下了罗盘，但是他说他不会听命于她，但是可以采取一些这种的行动。
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。
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；
We had no charts and the only instruments the captain was allowed to take with him were a compass and a quadrant.
我们有没有图表和队长被允许与他的唯一工具是一个指南针和一个象限。
A compass is any magnetically sensitive device capable of indicating the direction of the magnetic north of a planet's magnetosphere.
罗盘是一种磁敏仪器，能够指示某一星球磁器圈的北极。
So while Beckett hadn't gotten the Compass, he now had something of far greater value and with infinitely more power.
所以，虽然贝克特没有拿到那个罗盘，可他现在得到了一个价值更大且威力无穷的东西。
"It looks like a very elaborate compass, " said Mr. Rudder, who said he first encountered feng shui in a deal in 2007.
“那看起来像是一个做工精致的指南针”，拉德先生说，他在2007年第一次在交易中见识了风水。
The course made a tremendous impact on me, encouraging me to look at my own personal code and the need to develop a moral compass.
这个过程给了我巨大的影响，鼓励我去正视自身的特点和拟订一个道德上的指南的必要性
He did not need a compass to tell him where southwest was. He only needed the feel of the trade wind and the drawing of the sail.
他不需要罗盘针来告诉他西南方在哪里，而只要靠着贸易风吹来时的感觉，以及风帆被吹动时摇曳的情形就知道了。
It was by no means easy, but when you have a moral compass to follow, at least you know what direction you want the country to head.
这绝非什么易事，但是如果你的心跟随道德的指引，你至少应该知道想让你的国家朝着那个方向前进吧。
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。
Because when you know you're treading uncharted waters, you're following the compass of your heart.
因为你知道你在逆流而上，你在追随你内心的指南针。
It is usually expressed in terms of the point of compass.
风向是指风的来向，一般用方位表示。
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 age of 21, with a map and a compass in hands, he took on the harsh journey of travelling all over China in his wheelchair.
在他21岁的时候，这个年轻人竟怀揣一幅地图，手持一个指南针，摇着轮椅踏上了走遍全中国的艰难路途。
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。
Hitler's experts may well have told him that this form of attack would compass our ruin.
希特勒的专家们一定告诉了他，这种袭击方法可以置我们于死地。
One of the earliest uses of a magnet was as a compass.
磁铁最早的用途之一是作为指南针。
To be an upright person, one must have morality. Without which, one will have no guide like to be in boundless ocean without compass.
做人一定要有道德，如果失去了它，就像在茫茫大海中，没有指南针一样。
He took his compass, the film from the camera, all his other possessions would go down with the boat.
他拿起罗盘，从相机里取出胶卷，其它一切物品都将随船沉入河底。
Hitler's experts may well have told him that this form of attack would compass our ruin.
希特勒的专家们一定告诉了他，这种袭击方法可以置我们于死地。
His book presents the subject in a small compass.
他的书在小的范围中论述这题目。
She could not compass the simplest problems.
她连最简单的问题都不能理解。
He had checked it with his compass.
他用指南针测定过它。
Yup! You could plunk me down in the middle of any woman's uterus, no compass, and I can find my way out of there like that!
恩！你可以把我塞到子宫里的任何地方，用不着指南针，我都能从里面爬出来，就像……！
He took his compass, the film from the camera, all his other possessions would go down with the boat.
他拿起罗盘，从相机里取出胶卷，其它一切物品都将随船沉入河底。
He said with a smile that a good general manager is like a compass directing the hotel to the right direction.
李总笑言称好的总经理就应该像指南针，指引酒店向着正确的方向前进。
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。
At the age of 21, he started the rough journey of travelling around China in a wheelchair with a map and a compass.
岁的时候，这个年轻人竟怀揣一幅地图，手持一个指南针，摇着轮椅踏上了走遍全中国的艰难路途。
It's like a boat without a compass: it may reach the shore but it's all up to luck.
这就像一条没有指南针的船，能到达彼岸都是靠的运气。
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……
Jack, that compass. That's all I need. Elizabeth is in danger. We're all arrested for trying to help you. She faces the gallows!
杰克，那个罗盘。我只需要那个。伊丽莎白现在很危险。我们为了帮你现在被捕了，她会被绞刑的！
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。
And, you know, I'm happy to say, I think there's really evidence that this non-zero sum kind of connection can expand the moral compass.
而且，你知道，我很高兴可以说，我想确实有证据证明这种非零和的联系可以扩大道德的范畴。
I was like the ship before my education began , only I was without compass , and had no way of knowing how near the harbor was .
我就想前登船，只有我开始我的教育没有指南针，和没办法知道怎么港口附近。
As you know, one leg of the compass is static, rooted in a place.
如你所知，罗盘的一个指针是静止的，指向一个地方。
To the extent that this company strays from its mission of financing affordable housing, we start to lose our compass.
在某种程度上，这家公司已经偏离了它为帮助人们购房而融资的使命，我们开始迷失方向。
He made it clear when it came to college life that having no compass in study is like driving with no steering wheel.
谈到大学生活时，他清楚地明确一点：学习上没有目标如同开车没有方向盘。
WSJ: The things people end up doing when they're tempted seem to be a failure of moral compass.
《华尔街日报》：人们受到诱惑时的所作所为似乎意味着道德准绳的失灵。
When his father gave him a compass he would just sit up night after night watching the needle pointing northward.
当父亲给了他一个指南针，他就整晚熬夜看指针指向北方。
A cell in the eye may be worth two in the beak, at least when it comes to a migratory bird's magnetic compass.
鸟的眼睛中的细胞可能会是鸟嘴里细胞价值的两倍，至少当谈到候鸟的磁性罗盘来说是这样。
Yet how to compass the death of the king, surrounded as he constantly was with his guards, was no easy matter.
然而怎样才能处死国王，并非容易的事，因为他经常有卫兵在身边保护。
Used in combination with GPS, an accelerometer, a compass and the gyroscope can be used for in indoor navigation with floor accuracy.
与全球定位系统、加速度计、陀螺仪和指南针结合使用，可用于具有地面精度的室内导航。
They suggest that true objectivity essentially has no moral compass and treats all facts and all viewpoints as equally deserving of respect.
他们提出，真正的客观性实际上不受道德指挥，而是对所有事实和所有观点一视同仁地给予尊重。
