lodestar

noun

1. 北极星（海员借以导航）
   the Pole Star (= a star that is used by sailors to guide a ship)
2. （某人行为或行动的）指导原则
   a principle that guides sb's behaviour or actions

1. The Kennedys, of course, never completed the cycle and so remain frozen in their lodestar position.
   当然，肯尼迪夫妇从未完成这个周期，而且依旧处于他们所在的指导地位。
2. The US administration had set as its lodestar the avoidance of conflict.
   美国的奥巴马政府已将避免冲突列为指导原则。
3. A mistress lives perhaps too much in the present, but this immediacy is a lodestar.
   一个情人则可能过分注重此情此景，活在当下就是她的指导原则。
4. At the same time, it's our lodestar.
   同时也是我们始终不渝的经营理念。
5. Chapter 2 introduces the theory in point, including the lodestar of the evaluation of the teachers, methods of evaluation of teachers, the technique of framing the guideline system and designing its weight system;
   第二章介绍了教师评价的有关理论，包括教师评价的指导思想、评价常用的方法、评价量表指标系统确定和权集构造的方法；
6. From the macro level, value of M& A is the lodestar for the government to make policy;
   从宏观层面上，并购价值是政府相关部门制定政策、指导实践的出发点和指导思想；
7. Ecological Planning: Develop-ment, Modes, Lodestar and Goal
   生态规划：发展、模式、指导思想与目标

noun

1. something that serves as a model or guide

   Synonym:    loadstar

2. guiding star

   Synonym:    loadstar