词：navigate
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.
“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 lawyers because 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.
realtor /ˈriəltɚ/ A Realtor is a person whose job is to sell houses, buildings, and land, and who is a member of the National Association of Realtors. [Mainly AM] [TRADEMARK 商标]
房地产经纪人(尤指美国房地产行业工会成员)
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 estate agent
《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。
A bureaucracy /bjʊ'rɑkrəsi/ is an administrative system operated by a large number of officials. [usu pl] [N-COUNT 可数名词] 官僚制度
翻译:
因为书单异常晦涩，只有一半的人完成了阅读作业。
Only half finished the reading work, because of the booklist is too profound to navigate.
参考翻译：Only half the students completed the assignment because the reading list was unusually obscure to navigate.
场景:有些宇宙奥秘较难去弄明白。
造句:Some universe mysteries are hard to navigate.
navigate. v.驾驭，成功应付(困难处境)；If you manage to navigate a difficult situation, you deal with it successfully. [V n] [V through n] [WRITTEN 笔语]
During childhood each of us has to navigate a pathway through a series of developmental stages...
我们每个人在童年时都要经历和应对不同的成长阶段。
This outlook helped her to navigate through her later years with success.
这种观念帮她安度了晚年。