学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3156 lodestar

今天我们要学的词是 lodestar. Lodestar is spelled l-o-d-e-s-t-a-r, lodestar.

Lodestar是指指引航线的星斗，特别是北极星，引申下来也指帮助指明方向的领路人。这个词现在很少用，但在纽约时报最近一篇批评特朗普总统的匿名文章中出现，We may no longer have Senator McCain, but we will always have his example — a lodestar for restoring honor to public life and our national dialogue，我们不再有参议员麦凯恩了，但我们将永远有他做榜样，指引我们为公共服务和国家对话恢复荣誉。During a speech，former secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack¹ Kemp described home-ownership as the "lodestar" of his era at HUD，美国住宅与都市发展部前部长杰克·坎普在一次演讲中说，房产拥有率是他主掌该部时期的政策“指南”。

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。