1.guide的基本意思是“指路,引路”“引导,指导”,指熟悉道路的向导或懂得如何避开险阻的人指引另一人如何到达某地或如何做好某件事情,也可指借助于某物(如信号、灯光等)来防止走弯路或误入歧途,引申可表示“教导”“辅导”。
2.guide还可作“操纵”“驾驶”解,引申可表示“影响”“支配”,常用于被动结构。
3.guide是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
4.说“引导某人做某事”时guide后不接动词不定式,而接“in+v-ing”。

guide back to(v.+adv.+prep.)
引导(某人)回到(某地) act as a guide back to
▲guide sb back to sth
The light guided them back to the harbour.灯光引导他们返回港口。

guide in¹(v.+adv.)
引导(某人)进入 act as a guide in
▲guide sb in
Mother guided him in.母亲引导他走进来。

guide in²(v.+prep.)
▲guide sb in sth
1.引导(某人)进入(某处) act as a guide in somewhere
He guided her in the park.他领着她进入公园。
2.在…方面引导 direct or show the way to a person in (sth)
I guide him in his studies.我辅导他学习。

guide into(v.+prep.)
引导(某人)进入 act as a guide into
▲guide sb/sth into sth
I guided the car carefully into the garage.我小心地把汽车开进车库。

guide out of(v.+adv.+prep.)
引导(某人)从(某处)出来 act as a guide out somewhere
▲guide sb out of sth
He guided me out of the room.他领着我走出这个房间。

guide to〔toward〕(v.+prep.)
引到… direct to
▲guide sb to sth
I  guided him to his chair.我把他引到他的座位上。
Teachers should guide students toward a better mastery of the art of writing.老师应当指导学生们更好地掌握写作技巧。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He flashed a torch to guide me.他打手电给我引路。
He guided her across the roads.他领着她穿过马路。
He guided them round the Art Show.他带领他们参观美术展览。
The Party is guiding the country forward from victory to victory.党在领导我国从胜利走向胜利。
The government will guide the country through the difficulties ahead.政府将领导国家战胜面临的困难。
The Prime Minister guides the state.首相掌管国事。
We guided a ship through a storm.我们驾驶轮船穿过了暴风雨。
The pilot guided the plane onto the runway.飞行员把飞机开上跑道。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
A  blind man is sometime guided by a dog.盲人有时靠狗引路。
You must not be guided by your feelings.你绝不应让感情来支配你。
He was always guided by his principle of honesty.他总是以诚实这一原则律己。
They will be guided by what you say.他们将以你说的话作为指导方针。
Politicians will in the end always be guided by changes in public opinion.政客最终总将受舆论变化的影响。
Be guided by your feelings, and tell her the truth before it's too late.要相信自己的感情,及早把真相告诉她,否则就太迟了。

guide, conduct, direct, lead
参见direct条。
guide, pilot, steer
guide指由熟悉道路的向导或懂得如何避开险阻的人指引,也可指受到信号、仪表、原则等指示; steer指操纵车船或飞机向某方向运行; pilot仅指给船只领航穿过不熟悉或有危险的水域。例如:
He guided the child across the street.他领着孩子穿过大街。
He steered the boat carefully between the rocks.他小心地驾驶着船穿行于礁石之间。
Duff piloted a ship through a canal.达夫引领船只通过运河。

1.他带领我们到教室。
［误］  He guided us to go to the classroom.
［正］  He guided us to the classroom.
［析］  guide本身含有go的意思,再用to go就多余了。
2.这本书指导我们如何使用英语单词和习语。
［误］  This book guides us to use English words and idiom.
［正］  This book guides us in using English words and idiom.
［析］  表示“指导某人做某事”,通常不说guide sb to-v,一般要说guide sb in v-ing。

1.guide是可数名词,基本意思是“向导”“导游”,引申可作“有指导意义的事物”解,指有助于形成意见、作出估计的事物,如“旅行指南”“指导手册”。
2.guide还可作“指导者”解,指指导或影响个人行为的人或事。作此解时,常与介词to搭配使用,而不用介词of。

The guide showed us around the city .导游带我们游览了这座城市。
I know the place well, so let me be your guide.我熟悉那地方,我来当你们的向导。
We engaged a guide to show us the way across the mountains.我们雇了个向导带领我们翻山越岭。
A Guide to English Grammar is to be published next month.《英语语法指南》下个月就要出版了。
The essay needn't be too long, as a rough guide, you should write about three pages.论文不必过长,大致应写三页左右。
In English, the spelling of a word is not always a guide to the pronunciation.英语里,一个词的拼法不总是发音的依据。
His elder sister had been his guide, counsellor and friend.他姐姐过去一直指导他,给他出主意,是他的朋友。
One's feelings and instincts are not always a guide to behaviour.一个人的感情和本能并不总是言行的良好向导。

guide, guidebook
这两个词都可指“旅行指南”。其区别是:
1.作“旅行指南”解时, guidebook用得比guide更普遍。
2.如果说一般的“指导书”“入门书”,则通常用guide,较少用guidebook。
3.guide还可作“向导”“导游”解,而guidebook无此义。

约翰买了一本中世纪文学的入门书。
［误］  John bought a guide of medieval literature.
［误］  John bought a guide for medieval literature.
［正］  John bought a guide to medieval literature.
［析］  表示“…的指南”时,要用介词to,不可改为of或for。

girl guide在英国意思是“女童子军(成员)”,而在美国通常用girl scout。

［同义词］ v. conduct, direct, escort, lead, pilot, steer n. conductor, director, leader, pilot
［反义词］ v. follow n. follower
［词源］  ＜中古英语giden (引导,指引)