guiding spirit
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌɡaɪ.dɪŋ ˈspɪr.ɪt/us/ˌɡaɪ.dɪŋ ˈspɪr.ət/(alsoguiding light)apersonwhoinfluencesapersonorgroupandshowsthem how to do somethingsuccessfully:
指路人,指路明灯,舵手She was thefounderof thecompanyanditsguidingspirit.她是公司的奠基人,同时也是公司的领路者。
People in charge of or controlling other people
- acephalous
- administrator
- anti-management
- authority
- bureaucrat
- conservator
- controller
- council
- counter-power
- dean
- management
- manipulator
- mistress
- movers and shakers
- too many chiefs and not enough Indiansidiom
- top dog
- troika
- tsar
- vice president
- yourlord and masteridiom