pilot

Compared meaning: to guide or find a way through a place (verb).

比较义项：驾驶／引导交通工具穿过某处，或在某地找到路径前行（动词）。

• pilot 本词

  Pilot means to personally operate the controls of a vehicle, especially a plane or ship, and usually implies special training or a license to do so.

  pilot 指亲自操控交通工具（尤指飞机或船只）的控制装置，通常意味着需要专门的培训或执照。

  She trained for years before she could pilot a commercial airplane.

  她训练了多年才能够驾驶一架商用飞机。

• navigate

  Navigate means to find and follow a route through an area, often with a map or instruments, without necessarily controlling the vehicle; it also applies to walking.

  navigate 指借助地图或仪器在某处找到并沿着路线前行，不一定需要亲自操控交通工具，也可以用于步行找路的情形。

  Tourists often struggle to navigate the winding streets of the old town.

  游客常常很难在老城区蜿蜒的街道中找到路。

Pilot and navigate both mean guiding something through a place. Pilot means operating a vehicle, like a plane, with training. Navigate means finding and following a route, with a map, without controlling it. Not compared: navigate as 'handle a situation', or pilot as a noun.

这两个词都可表示引导某物穿过某地，但 pilot 强调亲自操控交通工具（尤指飞机、船只），通常需要专门培训或执照；navigate 强调借助地图或仪器找到并沿着路线前行，不一定亲自操控载具，也可以是步行找路。这里不比较 navigate 表示“应对、处理复杂局面”的引申义，也不比较 pilot 作名词表示“飞行员”的用法。