The journey, or the act, of going all the way around something — the Earth, an island, a sea — and finishing where you began.

The journey, or the act, of going all the way around something指的是完整繞著某個東西走一圈的旅程，or the act的行動——the Earth, an island, a sea像是地球、一座島，或一片海——and finishing where you began最後回到出發的地方。

It is the noun that sits beside circumnavigate: Magellan’s circumnavigation, a circumnavigation of Taiwan by yacht, a balloon circumnavigation of the globe. In history books it is a famous kind of voyage.

It is the noun that sits beside circumnavigate它是動詞circumnavigate對應的名詞：Magellan's circumnavigation像Magellan的環球航行、a circumnavigation of Taiwan by yacht搭遊艇環繞台灣一圈、a balloon circumnavigation of the globe熱氣球環球一圈。In history books在歷史書裡，it is a famous kind of voyage它是一種有名的航行。

In everyday talk it is still a rather grand word; for a walk around a pond most people would just say “we walked all the way around.” You may also hear it stretched to “the circumnavigation of a rule,” meaning finding a path around it, but the home meaning is travel in a full loop, not clever avoidance.

In everyday talk在日常對話裡，it is still a rather grand word它仍然是個相當隆重的字；for a walk around a pond對於繞池塘走一圈，most people would just say "we walked all the way around."大部分人只會說「we walked all the way around」。You may also hear it stretched to "the circumnavigation of a rule,"你也可能聽到把它延伸用在「the circumnavigation of a rule」，meaning finding a path around it意思是找到繞過規則的辦法，but the home meaning is travel in a full loop不過它本來的意思是繞完整一圈的旅行，not clever avoidance不是聰明地閃避。