今天我們要學的詞是 lodestar. Lodestar is spelled l-o-d-e-s-t-a-r, lodestar. Lodestar是指指引航線的星斗，特別是北極星，引申下來也指幫助指明方向的領路人。這個詞現在很少用，但在紐約時報最近一篇批評特朗普總統的匿名文章中出現，We may no longer have Senator McCain, but we will always have his example — a lodestar for restoring honor to public life and our national dialogue，我們不再有參議員麥凱恩了，但我們將永遠有他做榜樣，指引我們為公共服務和國家對話恢復榮譽。During a speech，former secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp described home-ownership as the "lodestar" of his era at HUD，美國住宅與都市發展部前部長杰克·坎普在一次演講中說，房產擁有率是他主掌該部時期的政策“指南”。