飞行员：pilot的用法精讲

The neural load to interface with a jaeger proved too much for a single pilot.

——Pacfic Rim

实验证明与猎人的交互对单一驾驶员的神经负荷过大。

——《环太平洋》

一、你知道pilot有几种含义吗？

adj.

试验性的；引导的 done on a small scale in order to see if sth is successful enough to do on a large scale

We're doing a pilot survey on this product; if it sells well, we'll go into full production.

我们正为这产品进行实验性试销，如果销路好的话就会全面生产。

n.

1.飞行员，宇航员 a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job

The pilot was able to land the plane safely.

这名飞行员安全地着陆了。

2.引航员；舵手 a person with special knowledge of a difficult area of water, for example, the entrance to a harbour , whose job is to guide ships through it

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

风平浪静时，人人都可以当舵手。

3.（电视的）试播节目，试点项目 a single television programme that is made in order to find out whether people will like it and want to watch further programmes

A pilot episode of Nothing's Impossible has already been filmed.

《一切皆有可能》的试播集已拍摄出来了。

4.向导；带路人；带（瞎）乞丐走路的狗（或小孩）guide

He viewed them with the manner of a fatherly pilot, his countenance radiant with benevolence.

他像一位慈父般的老向导那样看着他们，脸上堆着慈祥的笑容。

v.

1.驾驶 [T] to fly an aircraft or guide a ship; to act as a pilot

He piloted his own plane part of the way to Washington.

乘私人飞机去华盛顿的路上，有一段行程是他自己驾驶的。

2.带领，指引，引导 [T] guide sb / sth somewhere, especially through a complicated place or system

The manager will pilot you through the factory.

经理会带领你叁观工厂。

3.试验，试用 [T] to test a new product, idea, etc. with a few people or in a small area before it is introduced everywhere

Practically all these devices for saving time and labor have been piloted in the fifties.

这些省时省力的装置在50年代差不多都试验过了。

二、词义辨析：有哪些词能表示“引导”的意思

direct, conduct, guide, lead, pilot