youdao

I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was.

在开始接受教育之前，我就像这样一条船，只是没有罗盘，没有测深绳，无法得知离海港有多远。

youdao

A man without a clear goal, just like a ship without a compass.

一个人没有明确的目标，就象船没有罗盘一样。

youdao

Perhaps his is not the moral compass (not in the Bible) by which we should guide the ship of state.

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This, members of the committee, is the equivalent of a ship's captain leaving on a difficult and uncharted voyage hoping to find his or her compass somewhere along the way.

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