| 单词 | polar star |
| 例句 | "But we have 20% as our polar star," he said, adding he aimed to book margin improvements every year, so ideally reaching the 20% target by 2029-2030 "if we do the right things". Maserati aims at driving margins higher before any spin-off talk 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The polar stars of the 2017 Grammys provided two of the telecast’s most memorable performances, one a celestial dream of near perfection, the other endearingly human. Grammys 2017: The night's most memorable performances 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z "Instead of striving for the survival of his creature, he seems to have no other polar star than himself," Romano said. Berlusconi drags his own party to destruction before Italy vote 2012-11-30T13:16:14Z "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it," wrote Confucius 2,500 years ago. Confucius's hero 2012-10-09T23:21:29Z Flam—I drop the mister when I speak of him as a principle—is our polar star—our cynosure in politics—our Pisgah, which gives us a view of the Promised Land. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z As everyone knows, the axis of the earth if extended to the northern heavens would pass very near the north polar star, which on that account is known as Polaris. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z I'm serious," said Robert; "I'm fixed—yes, fixed as the polar star. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z All things in thee tend to one polar star; Magnetic all thy influences are; A labyrinth; a flowery wilderness. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z We know that the self-evident is the square and compass of the brain, the polar star in the firmament of mind. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z The light of the northern polar star grew fainter and fainter, its altitude diminished, and it at length entirely disappeared. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z But still there survives within the American breast a popular sentiment, which, like the magnetic needle, ever points to an unerring polar star. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Between the land and the polar star My goodly vessels go. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z He had endured and lived, and fought and conquered with that hope, as the polar star to his otherwise dark and dreary course. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z There is a fixed star situated near that spot, which is hence called the north polar star. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The compasses showed a slightly increasing deviation from their old coincidence with the polar star, and no one doubted, any longer, that the fault was in the heavenly body. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Light, lantern, path, and polar star and guide To all who dare dismiss ignoble sleep And downy ease for exercise of arms, For toils continual, perils, wounds, and blood! The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z By the passage of the polar star over the meridian, the magnetic variation at Ankóber was observed, with the aid of a well-regulated chronometer, to be 7 degrees westerly. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z We well remember our own slight perplexity when we first distinctly took notice that the polar star, the dipper, and the focus usually of the northern lights, all seemed to be east of Yonge Street. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z This they had discovered on the night before, not by observing the polar star, which is at no time visible at the equator, nor until you have travelled several degrees to the north of it. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z I have seen it, these seventeen years, distinct as the vessels in the river, bright as the polar star, and, I make little doubt, as faithfully. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Welcome to our city, the mirror, the beacon, and polar star of knight-errantry! The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z When he awoke, he descended the ladder very cautiously, and proceeded on his way, taking the dome of the cathedral for his polar star. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z We are fast sinking the north polar star, and new constellations arise, nightly, above the southern horizon. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The man who makes the Bible his counsellor—the polar star of his actions, will not go far astray. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution She is my polar star, my religion, my Cathay. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z He flowed Right for the polar star, past Orgunje, Brimming, and bright, and large; then sands begin,... English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Look, gentle Umá," cried her Lord, "afar Seest thou the brightness of yon polar star? The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa He speaks there of a needle carried on board ship which, being placed on a pivot, and allowed to take its own position of repose, shows mariners their course when the polar star is hidden. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Religion, in its pristine purity, was ever his polar star. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution A long poem is a test of Invention, which I take to be the polar star of poetry, as Fancy is the sails, and Imagination the rudder.... Life of John Keats I have neither summer nor polar stars, but I wait for that long night wherein I shall sleep peacefully.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part This polar star, fixed in the heavens of divine Science, shall be the sign of his appearing who “healeth all our diseases;” it hath traversed night, wading through darkness and gloom, on to glory. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 The stars were shining in their ethereal brightness; the dipper was wheeling around the polar star; the great white river, the milky way, was illumining the arch of heaven. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance It is the grand palladium of equal rights—the polar star of rational Liberty—the Magna Charta of universal freedom and has crowned its author with laurels of enduring fame. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution For thou'rt the polar star To which I turn as minstrel to his text. A Lover's Litanies Saw the northern or polar star last night for the first time, a few degrees above the horizon, peeping at us with its twinkling eye, as much as to say, welcome home! Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas We have, of course, seen the Martian polar stars. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story She afterwards visited Baltimore and other places, and wherever she went, was the polar star to which the attention of all was directed. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 With this principle for a polar star—foreigners who seek a peaceful asylum in our country may become as staunch supporters of our national Constitution and Union as native born patriots. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution This is a loadstone, and its virtue— Though insufficient to convert you— Makes me a magnet; and afar True am I to my polar star. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) An ancient northern constellation, in which the north polar star is situated. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Although the polar stars are very small, they shine more brightly in the Martian skies than the north polar star does to us, and are therefore more easily seen. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story No treaty ought to have been made with Great Britain, for she is famed for perfidy and double dealing; her polar star is interest; artifice, with her, is a substitute for nature. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. It is a pillar of light to revolving thought—the polar star that points to duty, secures merit and leads to victory. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution At night the savages direct their course by the polar star; they call it the motionless star. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) A name of the north polar star; two Gaelic words, signifying ray and moisture, in allusion to its subdued brightness. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The south polar star is a small one marked in that part of the large constellation of Argo Navis which is termed Carnia. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Even though these diamonds should melt away, and become as nothing, there was his own income, fixed and sure as the polar star, in the consolidated British three per cents. An Old Man's Love Svarloka or the heaven of Indra between the sun and the polar star, and the seventh Brahmaloka or the world of Brahma. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Such a polar star is seen at each end of the nucleus-spindle, and is not to be confused with the diaster H, the two ends of which are composed of chromatin. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions "This island is so much in the south," he says, "that they never see there the polar star," which is true as far as the inhabitants of the southern part are concerned. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Merna explained that it was the spectrum of their south polar star. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Light, beacon, polar star, and glorious guide Of all who, starting from the lazy down, Banish ignoble sleep for the rude toil And hardy exercise of errant arms! Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Only my soul like polar star awaits Immovable, yet filled with dreamful longings; And knows not whence it comes nor where it goes. Life Immovable First Part The real polar star is a much smaller one and stands, as we look at it, to the left of the star, which I had always believed to be the proper one.” The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent You will multiply evil-doers and the unhappy by fear, by punishment, and by remorse; you will deprave men’s consciences; you will corrupt their minds; they will have lost the polar star of their pathway.” Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Truth in all its simplicity—truth to the court, client, and adversary—should be indeed the polar star of the lawyer. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition Like the needle in the compass, it undeviatingly points to the polar star of duty. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles It seems to me that the sail must be between you and the polar star.” From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure But, after all, the sun in the morning and evening, and the polar star at night, will put you somewhere in the right direction, when you can see them. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Christ is its polar star, the Bible its charter, ministers who proclaim sweet words of peace, its heralds, Baptism and the Lord's Supper its seal, bond, token, and security. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod I have not hesitated to speak frankly, and it is not my habit to change them; in this instance they are as fixed and as immutable as the polar star. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution "Tell us, Professor, how the mariner knows the direction of the south pole when there is no south polar star to show him?" The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen Bill kept his eye on the polar star, while Jack peered under the sail ahead, that they might not, as he said, run down any craft. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure That zeal continued ever afterwards—for well nigh sixty years—the polar star of his course. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Very desirous of being the author who should designate the other polar star of the firmament, I lost, many a time, my night's sleep, while contemplating the movement of the stars about the southern pole. Amerigo Vespucci The wide headstones split the plane of the meridian; their edges cleave the noonday sun and the polar star. The Story of Cooperstown The north polar star does not in itself indicate which is north, but it is one of the points used in connection with another star which points out the direction. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen I know where to find the polar star. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure In regard to the significance of this deity, he doubtless represents the personification of a heavenly body of astronomic importance, probably the polar star. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1 In their sailing it was not necessary to remain always in sight of the coast, for they knew how to direct their course by the polar star. History Of Ancient Civilization Even the Richmond Enquirer, its polar star momentarily obscured, was tossing helplessly on that tempestuous sea. Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell But the southern hemisphere of the heavens does not have a polar star to indicate the south, so that if you will now look directly above us you will notice two very bright stars. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen They were steering by the polar star, which both Jack and Bill knew well. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure This navigator suffered much from storms, and having sailed southward, he crossed the equator and lost sight of the polar star. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia It was the very doctrine which had been my polar star, and I did not need the successes of the republican arms in France, lately announced to us, to bring me to these sentiments. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The exalted virtue of the man will also be a polar star to guide you in all matters which may touch that element of his character. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 In the northern hemisphere there is a star called Alpheratz and another called Zaph, which are in direct line with the polar star. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen Our polar star is the love of the Cross. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series With the polar star for guide they set out, having left the perilous precincts of the city in their rear. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality I felt the icy breath of this polar star several times myself. The Northern Light Making this their polar star, they moved in phalanx, gave preponderance on every question to the minorities of the Patriots, and always to those who advocated the least change. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 He told them that the direction of the needle was not to the polar star, but to some fixt and invisible point. Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 "He wrung the water from his dress, and, plunging into the moors, directed his course to the north-east by the assistance of the polar star." Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers One could go too far from home for examples of distinction—for the polar stars of the rude forefathers—just as one could err by excess of "commonplace" reflections. An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript My kindest regards to them, accompanied with the most earnest desire that they shall make truth and freedom the polar star of their lives. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years And stay on she did, her one dominant idea as fixed as the polar star. Idle Hour Stories Vega, our polar star for some time to come, shone conspicuously bright, and the Southern Cross could be seen to great advantage. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months It will appear clear and brilliant as our polar star, above the clouds which now surround it. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 After describing his parting with his father, Vasco da Gama relates how they sailed past Mauritania and Madeira, crossed the line, and losing sight of the polar star took the southern cross as their guide. The Book of the Epic It was a mere speck in the landscape, but glimmering from afar, the polar star of my heart. Tales of a Traveller Both are marked by a singularly deep, tender spirituality, a rare gift of leadership, a poise of judgment, and a devotion to the Church's great mission as true and steady as the polar star. Quiet Talks with World Winners It is proven, Most Illustrious Prince, that the polar star, which our sailors call Tramontane, is not the point of the arctic pole upon which the axis of the heavens turns. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera To such contradictions is even a great mind subject, when it loses sight of the polar star of its duties! The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet He had a deep, true, living conscience; honesty was his polar star. Abraham Lincoln The moon, like a smoky golden platter, rose behind the eastern towers of the town, and in the north hung the Great Wain pointing at the polar star. Master Skylark To the youthful lover it is the polar star that guides him from the shoals and quicksands of vice, among which his wayward fancy and inexperience are too apt to lead him. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829 Continuing their march, directly north, but always following the windings of the coast, the Spaniards again sighted the polar star. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera On the 4th of June, under 8° North latitude, we beheld again, for the first time, the lovely polar star. A Woman's Journey Round the World In six of them which have been opened, the principal passage preserves the same inclination of 26 degrees to the horizon, being directed toward the polar star.... The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion Behind this longing, and possibly the origin of it, was a passionate desire in his disappointment and disgust of life to be again near his "polar star." Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings Thorgils glanced up into the sky and searched for the polar star. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age But the secret of the magnet is, at length, revealed to him, and his needle now settles, with a fixedness which love has stolen as the symbol of its constancy, to the polar star. Sanders' Union Fourth Reader This constellation is not situated as near to the southern as the polar star is to the northern pole; Alpha is about 27° from it, but Smith knew this and could calculate accordingly. The Mysterious Island Everyone knows how go the moon and the polar star, Venus, Saturn, and Mars, with which I have nothing to do. The Learned Women Sailing in December, 1499, he passed the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, standing southwest until he lost sight of the polar star. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Purity of expression is still his polar star, and his writing is nowhere overloaded, but it has a warmer tone, a deeper perspective, and an atmospheric quality which painters call chi-aroscuro. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Azure, between the two polar stars Or, a sphere on the plane of the meridian, showing the Pacific Ocean, his track thereon marked by red lines. The Life of Captain James Cook And they gave the same name of Roxo to a small uninhabited island, about ten miles off at sea, where the north polar star seemed only the height of a man above the horizon. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Beautiful on paper, admirable in reports, pathetic in speeches,—all pictorial with anchors and cables and polar stars, with the light-house of Duty and the shoals of Sin. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 He alleged that it was occasioned by the polar star making a circuit round the pole, by which they were not a little satisfied. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation Where is that Philip, whose unchanging soul, Fixed as the polar star in heaven above, Round its own axis still pursued its course? Don Carlos No polar star had hostile fate decreed me, As on my perilous path I dared to stray, So great its pride, no hand presumed to lead me, And guide my silent footstep on its way. The Purgatory of St. Patrick And, as if in coincidence with the theme of his reflections, he fixed his eyes on the polar star, which that night twinkled with more than ordinary brilliancy. Peveril of the Peak Below him the Saskatchewan lay white and silent; beyond it he could see the dark edge of the forest, and far, far, beyond that, hovering low in the sky, the polar star. The Honor of the Big Snows When a very little boy, I began to teach him the names and positions of the principal constellations, the revolutions of the earth on its axis, and the fixity of the polar star. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia "Of Arthur, who, to upper light restored, With that terrific sword, Which yet he brandishes for future war, Shall lift his country's fame above the polar star." Legends of Charlemagne Arabs always hold the “Rukn al-Iraki,” or Irak angle, to face the polar star, and so it appears in Ali Bey’s plan. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 At first, her confidence in the Divine Providence was measurably shaken; but soon the wavering needle of her faith turned steadily to its polar star. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life Jan pointed to the north, and the other's eyes turned to where the polar star was fading low in the sky. The Honor of the Big Snows What consequences then are we to expect from looking to such a point as our guide and polar star in the great sea of political discovery? An Essay on the Principle of Population With this polar star of theory shining before my eyes, and with practical means so ample, it would have been clearly my own fault had I not steered my bark into the right haven. The Monikins That question which exacts of the finite to affirm whether it apprehends the Infinite, that prodding of the evening midge for its opinion of the polar star. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields I. The Master said, 'He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.' The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) While he thought his "polar star" far more beautiful, she reminded him of George Sand by her coiffure, attitude and intellect, for she had the same feminine graces, together with the same force of mind. Women in the Life of Balzac A mariner guided by such a polar star is in danger of shipwreck. An Essay on the Principle of Population The wonderful Southern Cross, polar star of the Antarctic regions, twinkled at its zenith. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea How he gazed, and gazed, on his now polar star; studied every turn, every gesture, with eager delight, and tried to gather what she said, or at least the nature of it. White Lies It is our polar star, and we look to it in all circumstances of despondency. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 Madame de Chlendowska was there also, but he did not care for her especially, as she pretended to know too much about his intimacy with his "polar star." Women in the Life of Balzac Salammbo looked at the polar star; she slowly saluted the four points of heaven, and knelt down on the ground in the azure dust which was strewn with golden stars in imitation of the firmament. Salammbo Behold," cried the pedant, "our guiding star! as welcome to us weary travellers, lost in the desert, as the polar star to the distressed mariner 'in periculo maris.' Captain Fracasse So long was Balzac in pursuit of this apparent chimera, and so ardent was his passion for his "polar star" that the above words of Quinola may well be applied to his experience. Women in the Life of Balzac |
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