pathfinder

英 [ˈpɑːθfaɪndə(r)]

美 [ˈpæθfaɪndər]

n.  探路者; 开路人; 先锋; 开拓者

复数：pathfinders　

化学

BNC.17183 / COCA.33263

牛津词典

noun

• 探路者；开路人
  a person, group or thing that goes before others and shows the way over unknown land
• 先锋；开拓者
  a person, group or thing that finds a new way of doing sth
  1. The company is a pathfinder in computer technology.
     这家公司是计算机技术的开拓者。

柯林斯词典

• 探路者；开路人
  Apathfinderis someone whose job is to find routes across areas.

英英释义

noun

• someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
  Synonym:scoutguide

双语例句

• The Pathfinder mission to the Mars and the problems with the Mir space station drew millions of people to the Web for up-to-date details.
  前往火星的“探险者”队伍和米尔空间站的问题吸引了数以百万的人们通过网络了解最新的消息。
• Keep the object selected and open the Pathfinder Palette.
  保持对象的选定，并打开探路者的调色盘。
• The non-profit organization announced its private spaceflight project in June last year saying that it would send a communications satellite and pathfinder to Mars by 2016 and land four astronauts in 2023 to establish a permanent settlement.
  这个非营利组织在去年6月公布了私人航天项目，表示到2016年将发送一个通信卫星以及火星探路者到火星，2023年四个宇航员在那登陆以建立一个永久定居地。
• Chinese young pathfinder Fu Mingxia wins the diving champion of the Women's10-meter diving tower at the World Swimming Championships.
  中国小将伏明霞获世界游泳锦标赛女子10米跳台跳水冠军。
• Progressive Badges include the Pathfinder Award, Voyager Award, Challenger Award and Chief Scout's Award.
  童军进度性奖章（进度章）包括「探索奖章」、「毅行奖章」、「挑战奖章」及「总领袖奖章」。
• NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder mission, it will make precise measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide on a global scale.
  NASA地球系统科学探索团将对全球范围的大气中二氧化碳的量进行精确测量。
• In1997, the Pathfinder Mission used air bags to successfully land on Mars.
  一九九七年，探路者号就用空气袋成功地着陆火星。
• In this installment of J2EE pathfinder, we'll address each of these points.
  在本期的J2EE探索者中，我们将一一阐述以上要点。
• With Venus, Mercury, the new moon, and the Sun in Aries, it would cast you in the role of pathfinder and allow you to explore a whole realm new to you.
  因为金星，水星，新月以及太阳都将聚在白羊宫，使得你将在新职位上扮演探索者的角色并且将探索出属于你自己的新天地。
• It was used as the CPU for the Mars Pathfinder mission.
  火星探索者项目使用它作为CPU。