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释义 | guide1 nounguide2 verb guideguide1 /ɡaɪd/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] ![]() ![]() MENU FOR guideguide1 for deciding/judging2 person3 instructions4 girl Word OriginWORD ORIGINguide1 ExamplesOrigin: 1300-1400 French, Old Provençal guidaEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe business of arranging holidays for people► travel/tourist industry Collocations all the jobs that are involved in providing services for tourists: · Restrictions introduced to control foot and mouth disease have hit the tourist industry hard.· In the U.S., the travel industry is the second largest employer in the nation. ► tourism when people travel to another place for a holiday - use this especially when you are talking about all the services tourists need, such as hotels, food etc: · As part of a plan to increase tourism, visitors staying less than 90 days do not need a visa.· The country relies on tourism and the sale of raw materials for hard currency. ► travel agency a business that arranges travel and holidays: · Travel agencies issue at least 80 percent of all airline tickets. ► tour guide someone who leads a tour to different places and tells people about their history, meaning etc: · Student tour guides take visitors on a one-hour tour of the campus.· According to our tour guide, Gibraltar is the largest fortress in the world. using instinct rather than knowledge► instructions written or spoken information telling someone what to do or how something should be done: · I can't get the computer to work and I've lost the instructions.give/leave (somebody) instructions: · As the teacher, it's your job to give clear instructions to the children.instructions for: · Mum was going to work, so she left me some instructions for supper.· The President issued instructions for the continuance of the attack.follow/carry out (somebody's) instructions (=do what the instructions tell you): · I've followed the instructions, but the machine still isn't working.· Mr Evans claimed that the solicitor had failed to carry out his mother's instructions.read the instructions: · Before you take any medicine, always read the instructions on the bottle.instructions about/on: · It's extraordinary that the equipment doesn't come with instructions on how to use it.· His grandfather had left no instructions about what to do with his paintings. ► directions a set of instructions, especially written ones, on how to do or use something: directions on: · For detailed directions on installing the software, see page 18.give (somebody) directions/give directions to somebody: · The judge has the power to give appropriate directions to the jury before they consider their verdict.follow directions: · These worksheets are designed to teach children how to solve problems and follow directions. ► guidelines official instructions about the best way to do something, especially something that could be difficult or dangerous: · Lauder urged the company to develop a set of guidelines that address sexual harassment in the workplace.follow guidelines: · Air travelers can have stress-free trips if they follow a few simple guidelines.issue/publish/lay down etc guidelines: · Medical staff have been issued with new guidelines for working with HIV patients.· The Ministry of Education has laid down strict guidelines as to the administration of the tests.guidelines on: · New guidelines on how to move dangerous chemicals by road have just been published. ► brief instructions that are given to someone about what their duties and responsibilities are in a job: · The brief given to the students was quite straightforward.somebody's brief is to do something: · The committee's brief is to investigate and report on domestic violence in the region.· The architect's brief was to design an extension which would harmonize as much as possible with the existing building.be part of somebody's brief: · Dealing with financial matters is not part of my brief. ► recipe instructions on how to make a particular kind of food: · This soup is really good - you must give me the recipe.recipe for: · I've found a really great recipe for barbecue sauce.have the recipe: · My Mum has the recipe for a really delicious prawn curry. ► manual a book that contains detailed instructions on how to operate a piece of equipment or machinery, or on how to do a job or activity: · Before you try to use the camera, read the manual carefully.· a computer manualinstruction manual: · The instruction manuals that accompany new computer software are often difficult to understand.training manual: · a training manual for teachers manual on: · Leach has written many popular manuals on childcare.owner's manual/user's manual (=one which shows you how to use your car, piece of equipment etc): · Consult your owner's manual for information on what oil to use and how often it should be changed. ► guide a book containing instructions and advice, that helps you do an activity or job properly, or to make the right choice about something: · This simple guide is essential if you are thinking of taking up hill walking.· the Good Schools Guideguide to (doing) something: · The book is an extremely useful guide to starting your own business.· a free guide to financial planningguide for: · A guide for hospital staff will be published shortly, covering everything from simple hygiene to security regulations. ► handbook a book containing information and advice on a subject or product, produced by someone who knows a lot about it: · There are all kinds of health and fitness handbooks on the market these days.· The students' handbook gives information on how to find accommodation.handbook for: · a useful handbook for managershandbook on: · a handbook on basic psychology ► cookbook also recipe book British a book that has instructions about how to cook different kinds of food: · There are an increasing number of recipe books with ideas for healthy meals that can be prepared quickly and easily.· an Indian recipe bookcookbook of: · an illustrated cookbook of Mexican recipes a person whose job is to take people somewhere, show them things etc ► guide a person whose job is to take people to a place or show them around a place, especially because they know the area well: · You are advised not to enter the Kenyan game reserves without a guide.· That seems like a question for our experienced tour guide, Monika Koppel. · Our guide and interpreter said he enjoyed the work because he himself had learned much about the city. ► usher someone who guides people to their seats, for example at a wedding or in a cinema: · I worked as an usher at the local cinema during the holidays. · The usher handed us a songsheet and directed us to seats in the front row. ► docent American someone who guides you around a museum and tells you about what you are seeing: · She's a volunteer docent at the Smithsonian Institution.· At the J Paul Getty museum in Malibu, a docent was giving her usual tour. WORD SETS► Newspapers/Printing/Publishingabstract, nounagony aunt, nounagony column, nounannual, nounanthology, nounantiquarian, adjectiveappendix, nounarticle, nounauthor, nounautobiography, nounback, nounbackslash, nounbackspace, nounballoon, nounbanner headline, nounbestiary, nounbest-seller, nounbibliography, nounbibliophile, nounbind, verbbinder, nounbinding, nounbiographer, nounbiography, nounblackout, nounbold, adjectiveboldface, nounbook, nounbookbinding, nounbooklet, nounbookmark, nounbookmobile, nounbookplate, nounbookseller, nounbookshop, nounbookstall, nounbookstore, nounbound, adjectivebox, nounbraille, nounbroadsheet, nounbrochure, nounbubble, nounbulletin, nounby-line, nouncalendar, nouncaption, nouncarry, verbcatalogue, nouncentrefold, nounchain letter, nounchapbook, nounchapter, nounchequebook journalism, nouncircular, nouncirculation, nouncity desk, nouncity editor, nounclassified ad, nounclip, nounclipping, nouncodex, nouncol, collection, nouncolour supplement, nouncolumn, nouncolumnist, nouncomic, nouncomic strip, nouncommentary, nouncommentator, nouncompanion, nouncompendium, nouncomposition, nouncompositor, nouncontribute, verbcontributor, nouncopy, nouncopy editor, nouncopyist, nouncorrespondent, nouncoursebook, nouncover girl, nouncover story, nouncross-refer, verbcross-reference, nouncutting, noundaily, noundesk, noundiarist, noundiary, noundictionary, noundime novel, noundirectory, noundog-eared, adjectivedoorstep, verbdotted line, noundraft, noundraft, verbDTP, noundust jacket, nouned., edit, verbedition, nouneditor, nouneditorial, nouneditorship, nounemend, verbencyclopedia, nounentry, nounerratum, nounet al, adverbet cetera, adverbexclusive, nounexposure, nounexpurgated, adjectivefeature, nounff, figure, nounfiller, nounfinancial supermarket, Fleet Street, fly leaf, nounfolio, nounfollow-up, nounfont, nounfootnote, nounforeword, nounformat, nounformat, verbfrontispiece, nounfull-page, adjectivefull stop, nounfunny papers, noungagging order, galley, noungazette, noungazetteer, nounghost, verbghost writer, noungloss, noungloss, verbglossary, nounglossy, noungonzo journalism, noungossip column, noungraphic design, nounguide, nounguillotine, nounhack, nounhagiography, nounhalftone, nounhandbill, nounhandbook, nounhardback, nounhardcover, nounheading, nounheadline, nounheadline, verbheadword, nounhistory, nounhumorist, nounillustrate, verbillustration, nounimpression, nounimprimatur, nounimprint, nounindent, verbindentation, nounindex, nounindex, verbinsert, nouninset, nouninset, verbinstalment, nouninterpolate, verbISBN, nounissue, nounitalicize, verbitalics, nounjacket, nounjournal, nounjournalese, nounjournalism, nounjournalist, nounjourno, nounl, landscape, nounlayout, nounleader, nounleading article, nounleaf, nounletter-size, adjectivelibrary, nounlimited edition, nounlined, adjectiveLinotype, nounliterature, nounlocal paper, nounlocal rag, nounloose-leaf, adjectivelower case, nounmag, nounmagazine, nounmanuscript, nounmargin, nounmasthead, nounmezzotint, nounmicrofiche, nounmisprint, nounmonograph, nounmonthly, nounmorocco, nounmuckraking, nounN/A, N.B., news, nounnews agency, nounnewshound, nounnewsletter, nounnewspaper, nounnewsprint, nounnews release, nounnon-fiction, nounnote, nounnotebook, nounnotice, nounnumber, nounobituary, nounoffprint, nounoffset, adjectiveomnibus, nounop. cit., open letter, nounorgan, nounoverleaf, adverboverprint, verbp., pagination, nounpamphlet, nounpamphleteer, nounpap, nounpaparazzi, nounpaper, nounpaperback, nounpaperboy, nounpaper girl, nounpaper round, nounpaper shop, nounpara, passage, nounpaste-up, nounperiodical, nounpersonal ad, nounpersonal column, nounphrasebook, nounpicture book, nounpiece, nounplate, nounpocketbook, nounpp., prequel, nounpress, nounpress baron, nounpress box, nounpress conference, nounpress corps, nounpress cutting, nounpress gallery, nounpressman, nounpress office, nounpress release, nounprint, verbprint, nounprinted matter, nounprinter, nounprinting, nounprinting ink, nounprinting press, nounproblem page, nounproof, nounproofread, verbpublication, nounpublish, verbpublisher, nounpublishing, nounpull-out, nounquarterly, adjectivequarterly, nounquarto, nounquire, nounquotation, nounquote, verbrag, nounreader, nounreadership, nounreading, nounream, nounred ink, nounreference, nounreference book, nounreference library, nounrelease, verbreprint, verbreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectivereview, nounreview, verbreviewer, nounrevise, verbrevision, nounrider, nounroman, nounsans serif, nounsaturation, nounscare story, nounscoop, nounscoop, verbsection, nounserif, nounset, verbsilk screen, adjectivesketch, nounslipcase, nounsmall ad, nounsoft porn, nounsource, nounspace, nounspine, nounsplash, verbspoiler, nounstay of execution, nounstop press, nounstory, nounstorybook, nounstringer, nounstrip, nounstrip cartoon, nounsub, nounsub, verbsubedit, verbsub-editor, nounsubheading, nounsubscribe, verbsubscriber, nounsubscription, nounsuperscript, adjectivesupplement, nounsymposium, nounsyndicate, verbtable, nountabloid, nountext, nounthumb index, nountitle page, nountome, nountract, nountreatise, nountrot, nountype, nountypeface, nountypescript, nountypesetting, nountypographer, nountypography, nounvanity press, nounvellum, nounvignette, nounvol., volume, nounweekly, nounwell-thumbed, adjectivewoodblock, nounwrite-up, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► rough guide Phrases![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() · You’ll need to have a comprehensive guide to university courses. ► definitive study/work/guide etc![]() (=trained to guide a blind person)· No dogs except guide dogs are allowed in the store. ► lead/guide somebody through the minefield of something (=help someone avoid problems)· Talk to a financial advisor, who can guide you through the minefield of stocks and shares. ► a guiding principle (=a principle that helps you decide what to do)· Fairness is the guiding principle. ► step-by-step guide/approach/instructions etc![]() ![]() ![]() · Kyushu looks so lovely in the travel books. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► comprehensive· Accommodation: The Bruges tourist office produces a comprehensive guide.· Anthony Cowgill has produced the only comprehensive guide to the Maastricht Treaty.· Look out for our comprehensive guide to protection equipment next summer.· This comprehensive guide has 3,000 full-colour photographs and includes more than 500 step-by-step sequences.· This volume will not include the slate crags, and by now a comprehensive new guide to these popular diversions should be available.· A comprehensive trouble-shooting guide is given opposite which summarises most problems that arise.· The booklet endeavours to be a comprehensive guide both to individuals and governing bodies on all aspects of drugs and sport. ► definitive· Halliwell's Film Guide the definitive guide to the movies. 4. ► general· Miranda Seymour's lucid biography arrives as the general reader's guide to Mary Shelley's ascent to academic cult status.· Don McCormack, a former newspaper reporter and editor, publishes relocation and general information guides about Northern California counties.· However, I hope that these notes will be good enough to serve as a general guide.· The list given here is intended only as a general guide.· The foregoing is a general guide and each claim must be considered on its merits.· Table 11.1 gives a general guide to the number of time zones between the United Kingdom and other countries.· As a general guide, at least half to one hour is needed, depending on the situation. ► good· As for prices, one of the best guides to the relative cheapness of housing is the ratio of house prices to incomes.· Bring binoculars, sunscreen, walking shoes, hat and a good bird guide.· A simple comparison of total estimated income from the competing products may provide as good a guide to decision making.· Color seen in thin sections is a good, quick guide to the identification of certain minerals.· Shorty was also a good guide and mentor for a growing lad, as good a father as any man could want.· For this first contact, travellers, journalists and geographers are the best guides.· The emphasis was on good visual guides with courses on the methods used to identify these objects.· They turned out to be better guides than the pros. ► local· The local guide book will provide information on local churches and public services.· After a vineyard visit, members head to Greymouth for hiking up the Franz Joseph Glacier with a local guide.· This is due to the very experienced local guides who will lead every tour.· In most cities we hired local guides, with mixed success.· A local guide book. 24.· Our local guide will give us an unrivalled insight into places of interest and bird habitat.· Avon Health 89-90 is believed to be the only local guide in the country to both orthodox and complementary health.· Local telephone directories, A-Z street maps, local guides and dictionaries all proved invaluable. ► practical· It's increasingly popular and this book's a practical guide to using the remedies.· This is the how-to, practical guide that will help you avoid opportunistic detours and stay on track.· This book is a practical and timely guide to the journey leading to that return.· My colleagues on Fishkeeping Answers have produced a practical guide to tank safety in their November issue which is on sale now.· Birmingham Midshires has launched a debt counselling service in the form of a practical guide for home owners.· And a more detailed practical guide to involving users would have been good.· Feel free to use the cakes here as a source of inspiration as well as a practical guide.· This is a practical guide to real-time programming, the programs provided having been tested and proved. ► reliable· The numbers could still be a reliable guide to a player's position even with all the playing formations these days.· Actually, neither is a reliable guide.· None the less, the earth's magnetic field is a much more reliable guide.· In the history of science, beauty has proved itself a reliable guide to truth.· For there, waiting on the platform, would be our ever reliable guide, philosopher and friend, Sam Davies.· He is an honest, warm human as well as an excellent, completely reliable guide.· That is why they are a more reliable guide to completeness.· The only reliable guide to that is the demand at present. ► rough· We assume to start with that the weighted patterns provide a rough guide to playing the game.· Charges differ throughout the country but 40p per cubic metre is a rough guide.· However, as a rough guide, it feels slightly more Gibson-like than it does Fenderish, if that helps.· Although individuals vary a great deal, a very rough guide is that the liver removes one unit of alcohol each hour.· The latter is calibrated in centimetres, but most people will probably only use the rod as a rough guide.· As a rough guide, first scrub or wash, peel and slice them.· Charts, then, are only a rough guide to ideal weight.· Here we need only to establish a rough and preliminary guide. ► useful· Brooks MacDonald Gayer has just launched a useful guide to the subject.· Purdy modified it slightly but finds it a useful guide, particularly when working to remove fat from baked products.· Retiring Abroad, published by the Financial Times is a useful guide to the making the break.· Crux is useful as a guide.· The acquisition by schools would seem sensible as this forms a useful and accurate guide to vessel and organ location.· A useful guide to life in the Kremlin snake pit?· Agenda Brugge is a useful free guide to what's on each month.· Documentation is also a useful guide to the perspective of the supplier. NOUN► book· A third group, the humble parish churches, have their guide books.· Keep all your printouts in a folder or a binder and start putting together your own guide book and itinerary.· These, referred to in his diary, may just have been to illustrate special copies of other authors' guide books.· Our TICs stock a wide range of publications, brochures, guide books, maps and free leaflets.· Detailed guide books and catalogues available.· These were often used as copies to illustrate the numerous different guide books that were being sold.· The whole connection is so slight that the legend only appears in tourist-orientated guide books of the twentieth century.· A children's guide book and schools pack are available along with a wealth of source material relating to the house's history. ► books· Old prejudices die hard and it is only very recently that chapels have been noticed at all in guide books or architectural histories.· A third group, the humble parish churches, have their guide books.· These, referred to in his diary, may just have been to illustrate special copies of other authors' guide books.· Our TICs stock a wide range of publications, brochures, guide books, maps and free leaflets.· Detailed guide books and catalogues available.· These were often used as copies to illustrate the numerous different guide books that were being sold.· The whole connection is so slight that the legend only appears in tourist-orientated guide books of the twentieth century.· Both of them poring over maps and guide books, planning the itinerary of every marvellous day. ► field· It is not a comprehensive field guide.· Using field guides, their notes, and samples, they work on producing a catalog of the plot.· I flipped through the pages of my field guide.· There was no need for anyone to consult his pocket field guide.· An outline of the geology has been given in the field guide.· It is clearly marked on the map recommended for use with this, and the field guide.· A field guide to the Quaternary deposits has been completed; it includes descriptions of important interglacial deposits found during the survey. ► tour· He likes his new life as a tour guide better, he says, because he likes people.· Was I expected to take time off from work to play tour guide, as our host in New Zealand had?· The official tour guide, a close-cropped ragga called Garfield Logan, asks us to leave our shoes outside.· This act of gross indecency provoked stern disapproval from the tour guide.· The tour guides say it took a year to sculpt each ceiling.· Most of these groups are missing from both hipster tour guides and the colonial archive.· Hostetler served as tour guide, supervising an offense that shed its lingering turnover habit. VERB► act· Rather, they can act only as a guide to decision making by making the assumptions underlying the decisions explicit.· My only function is to act as a guide.· Office of Innovation facilitators can act as a guide for those involved with innovation.· The buses stop at hotels, rather than train stations, and the drivers also act as guides.· Species lists are also available, to act as a guide in identifying characins.· The world of neural networks and pattern recognition is likely to act as a major guide.· Kaye's role was collate and to act as guide.· Above: Richly robed, the Samburu tribesman who acted as guide to the party. ► follow· If you think that monthly interest would be a useful supplement to your income, follow our guide.· The following guides suggest how to maximize the dollars for these products.· Just follow our simple step-by-step guide now and unleash the stellar power of your mobile phone.· Because of my ongoing involvement, almost every teacher in the school may follow this one curriculum guide.· In the table that follows we provide a guide to avoiding discriminatory language. ► offer· Here we offer a guide to what is worth pushing your way to the front of the crowd for.· Rather, the Taylors offered a guide they met along the road fifteen francs to bring it back.· Nor is there offered a guide to accountancy principles and practice.· To assist novices, the magazine is offering a free guide to solving cryptic crosswords.· That he'd offer to be her guide?· What we offer here is a guide for you to follow when you list your own goals.· Benefits guide: Age Concern Cleveland is offering the most up-to-date guide to money benefits for older people. ► produce· Accommodation: The Bruges tourist office produces a comprehensive guide.· My colleagues on Fishkeeping Answers have produced a practical guide to tank safety in their November issue which is on sale now.· She also helps to produce a user guide for A/V workshops.· Anthony Cowgill has produced the only comprehensive guide to the Maastricht Treaty.· The money will be used to set up the trail and to produce a waterproof colour guide.· Michael Haines has produced a nontechnical guide to the natural, economic and social factors which shape the modern industry. ► provide· Many libraries provide printed guides on the use of the library as part of their orientation programme.· The Scriptures alone provide an absolute guide to proper human conduct.· It certainly demonstrates the power of conjugation and provides a definite guide for further puzzles of this type.· Many areas are producing books, brochures and maps to provide a guide to this history.· The manometer readings provide the best guide to circulatory volume and thus allow fluid replacement therapy to be accurately calculated.· However, it does provide a unique guide to Leonardo's inner self.· Zhang Qian then sent out other envoys to the neighbouring states and the Wusun provided them with guides and interpreters.· The lecture provides a guide to the subject-matter and sets out the foundations on which the student must build. ► publish· New York-based Martindale-Hubbell publishes an eight-volume guide to the legal profession which contains entries for 700,000 lawyers and 44,000 law firms.· The World Bank has published a guide to help nonspecialists choose a sanitation system.· Future generations will probably publish guides to the galaxy.· The Service has also published a comprehensive guide to project design and support proposal preparation called the Proposal Writing Workshop.· Gabbitas, Truman & Thring will give advice, and they also publish a helpful guide to colleges.· Both case studies and policies will be published as a guide for curriculum planners. ► serve· To prevent this there must exist rules capable of serving as effective guides to action.· The proposal serves as a guide to the hypothesis testing process which embodies the specific purpose of the study effort.· Tradition serves as a guide, not an absolute.· Hostetler served as tour guide, supervising an offense that shed its lingering turnover habit.· These areas served as guides for subsequent excavation.· Stewart was a versatile artist; painting was his lifelong passion and his pictures can serve as a guide to his career.· However, I hope that these notes will be good enough to serve as a general guide. ► write· I think I should write a guide book because I have the appreciation value for cheesy things.· Some have written guides for children.· This well written, concise guide is presented in a very easy to use A5 ring bound format.· At the time of writing the guide Flora's knowledge and love of Liphook's countryside and footpaths was well-known. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the Guides 1for deciding/judging something that provides information and helps you to form an opinion or make a decision:
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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► lead Collocations to take a person or animal somewhere by going in front of them while they follow, or by pulling them gently: · Rachel led Jo into the kitchen.· She was leading a horse, which seemed to have a bad leg. ► take to take someone somewhere with you when you have the transport, know the way, are paying etc: · I took her to see a film.· Matt’s taking me in his car. ► guide to take someone through or to a place you know, showing them the way: · Ali guided us through the streets to his house on the edge of the town. ► show to take someone to a place such as a table in a restaurant or a hotel room and leave them there: · A waitress showed us to our table.· We were shown to our seats near the front of the theatre. ► point to show someone which direction to go using your hand or a sign: · The sign back there pointed this way. ► escort to take someone somewhere, protecting them, guarding them, or showing them the way: · He was escorted from the court by police.· The president’s car will be escorted by a military convoy. ► usher to show someone the way to a room or building nearby, usually as part of your job: · His housekeeper ushered us into the living room. ► shepherd to carefully take someone somewhere – used especially about a group of people: · The police shepherded thousands of people to safety in the cathedral. ► direct formal to tell someone where to go or how to get somewhere: · He directed us to a café a few blocks away.· Can you direct me to the station? ► take to move or go with someone or something from one place to another: · Don’t forget to take your keys.· Shall I take you home?· I took Alice a cup of tea. ► bring to take someone or something to the place where you are now: · We’ve brought someone to see you!· Will you bring your photos with you when you come? ► transport to take large quantities of goods from one place to another in a plane, train, ship etc: · The plane is used for transporting military equipment.· The coal was transported by rail. ► deliver to take goods, letters, newspapers etc to someone’s home or office: · Unfortunately, the package was delivered to the wrong address. ► fly to take someone or something somewhere by plane: · The bread is specially flown in from Paris. ► ship to take goods from one place to another – this can be by ship, truck, plane, or train: · Half the whisky is shipped to Japan and the US. ► carry to take people or goods somewhere – used especially when saying how many people or things, or what kind: · The new plane can carry up to 600 passengers.· The ship was carrying a full cargo of oil. ► lead to take someone to a place by going in front of them: · He led Julia through the house to his study.· Roland led the way back to the car in silence. ► guide to take someone to a place and show them the way: · Emily guided him through a side gate into a large garden. ► escort to take someone to a place and protect or guard them: · The prisoner was escorted into the room by two police officers.· The singer was escorted by her assistant and her bodyguard. ► usher to politely lead someone somewhere and show them where to go, especially because it is your job to do this: · We were ushered into the lift by a man in uniform. Longman Language Activatorto take someone somewhere and show them where to go, what to look at etc► guide to take someone through or to a place that you know very well, showing them the way: guide somebody to/through/along etc: · Sammler was a huge help, guiding me through the dangers of the city streets.· The travellers were guided around the Hindu Kush by local people who had lived there all their lives. ► lead to take a person or an animal to a place, especially by going in front of them: lead somebody to/through/along etc: · Our guide seemed to be leading us towards a wooded area in the distance.· He led Julia through the house to his study.· The police officer took her arm and led her gently away.lead the way: · In silence, Roland led the way back to the car. ► show to take someone to a place, such as a table in a restaurant or a hotel room, and leave them there: show somebody to something: · Could you show this gentleman to his table please.· I stood in the foyer, waiting to be shown to my apartment. ► usher to take someone to a place such as a room or building, especially as part of your job: usher somebody into/to/towards etc: · At the front door stood two smart young men, who ushered the guests into the house.· Smiling, Smart ushered her to a waiting car outside. ► shepherd to guide a large group of people in an orderly way: shepherd somebody up/along/to etc: · The police officer shepherded everyone away and padlocked the church gates.· We expected to be asked to sit down, but instead we were shepherded out to an open patio at the back of the house. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a comprehensive guide 1to take someone to a place SYN leadguide somebody along/through etc· You’ll need to have a comprehensive guide to university courses. ► definitive study/work/guide etc![]() (=trained to guide a blind person)· No dogs except guide dogs are allowed in the store. ► lead/guide somebody through the minefield of something (=help someone avoid problems)· Talk to a financial advisor, who can guide you through the minefield of stocks and shares. ► a guiding principle (=a principle that helps you decide what to do)· Fairness is the guiding principle. ► step-by-step guide/approach/instructions etc![]() ![]() ![]() · Kyushu looks so lovely in the travel books. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► action· As this has never been attempted by the Department, there is no experience to guide such actions.· The issues to be decided are contemporary as are the actors with motives or ideas to guide or justify action.· Like Kant's Ideas they have a regulative function, guiding our actions and our cognitive efforts in a certain direction.· He was not a prophet who had a vision around which he constructed a schema to guide his action.· They need encouragement as a plant needs water, especially in being guided towards pro-social actions.· The second states the general character of the considerations which should guide the actions of authorities.· From this position, perceptions can be seen to guide human action.· Individuals should follow an indirect strategy, guiding their action by one standard in order better to conform to another. ► choice· I would not try to guide the nation's choice.· As always, performance should guide your choice.· Some of Lakatos's remarks suggest that his criterion of rationality was intended to guide theory choice.· It may well have been the presence of a check that guided Mozart's choice.· In the absence of rational criteria to guide theory choice, theory change becomes akin to religious conversion.· An ideal compromise between the two, based on the sharpness of your own reflexes, should guide your choice.· Even some form of simplified logistics involving issue and shelf counts can provide useful information to guide the choice of subject areas. ► hand· Once again, I must stress that I do not see a great male conspiracy behind this, nor invisible hands guiding it.· A sense of displacement forced her to respond to the pressure of his hand on her back guiding her.· He saw himself proudly standing in that wondrous car, his hands triumphantly guiding those steeds which Jove himself could not master.· He felt like the hand guiding a giant firearm.· Flanner, eight years older, took her in hand, guided her to theater, concerts, and exhibitions.· She kept hold of his hand and guided him from the room.· And the wisp of a child kept hold of her hand, guiding her. ► principle· This overview sets out the origins of case management, its transformation into care management, and the principles guiding its practice.· Through analyzing these competencies, businesses can discover the most important principles that should guide organizational change and development through uncertain periods.· But what ethical principles should guide the allocation of resources?· If you predominantly agree, use the ten new management principles to guide your efforts.· In man also there seems to be a similar principle to guide him on his journey.· Today, there are certain economic principles guiding factors of the law.· I asked him what he did, and what principles guided him.· Next, the team decided they needed a set of values and principles to guide them. ► rule· There are some rules which can guide us.· Excuses and equity function retrospectively in particular cases rather than as general prospective rules seeking to guide conduct. ► tour· Seemed like a question for an expert like professional Viennese tour guide Monika Koppl.· A journalist, who liked traveling, started a new career in her forties as a tour guide.· The free event includes educational tours, guided programs, living history re-enactments and exhibits galore. VERB► help· Using a finger or pen helps to guide the eye.· The book highlights the lack of good signposts to help guide grieving individuals.· Let me pick out three aspects that may help to guide us.· How can we use them to help guide us into our not so distant future?· Programmed ventricular stimulation not only helps to guide the selection of antiarrhythmic drug therapy but also provides important prognostic information.· And remember, at every stage you're helped and guided by Britain's leading self build home company.· He had lost another close companion, another friend, one who had helped and guided him and given him such pleasure.· Objectives help to guide a student's learning by specifying the range of experience available. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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