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lodestar

C2 noun

lodestar /ˈloʊd.stɑɹ/ nghĩa là sao bắc cực, 𣋀北極

Các nghĩa

  1. sao bắc cực · 𣋀北極

    A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.

    The old map marked Polaris as the traveler's lodestar.

    Justice became the lodestar of Sarah's political philosophy.

    Curiosity was the lodestar that guided Ben's scientific work.

  2. kim chỉ nam, nguyên tắc dẫn đường

    A guiding tenet or principle.

    figuratively

    We need a new lodestar, a new map of the world that once again includes a distant, uncharted continent—“Utopia.”

  3. mức phí luật sư hợp lý (tính bằng giờ làm việc nhân với mức giá giờ)

    A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate.

    Many, though not all, of the objections to lodestars seem to us to be overstated.

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