1. （飞机）驾驶员;飞行员
    A pilot is a person who is trained to fly an aircraft.

    e.g. He spent seventeen years as an airline pilot.
           他当了17年的航空公司飞行员。
    e.g. ...fighter pilots of the British Royal Air Force.
           英国皇家空军的战斗机飞行员

2. （船舶的）引航员,领航员
    A pilot is a person who steers a ship through a difficult stretch of water, for example the entrance to a harbour.

3. 驾驶（飞机等）；为（船舶）引航
    If someone pilots an aircraft or ship, they act as its pilot.

pilot

    e.g. He piloted his own plane part of the way to Washington.
           乘私人飞机去华盛顿的路上，有一段行程是他自己驾驶的。

4. 试验性的方案；试点性的项目
    A pilot scheme or a pilot project is one which is used to test an idea before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale.

    e.g. The service is being expanded following the success of a pilot scheme.
           在试验性方案获得成功后，这项服务正在推广中。
    e.g. ...a ten-year pilot project backed by the trade and industry department.
           由贸易和工业部支持的为期10年的试点项目

5. 试验；试行
    If a government or organization pilots a programme or a scheme, they test it, before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale.

pilot

    e.g. The trust is looking for 50 schools to pilot a programme aimed at teenage pupils preparing for work.
           该信托基金机构正在寻找50所学校，以试行一个旨在帮助青少年学生做就业准备的项目。

6. 使（新的法律或议案）顺利通过
    If a government minister pilots a new law or bill through parliament, he or she makes sure that it is introduced successfully.

pilot什么意思

    e.g. We are now piloting through Parliament a new strategy to tackle youth crime.
           我们正促使议会顺利通过解决青少年犯罪问题的一项新策略。

7. （电视的）试播节目，试播集
    A pilot or a pilot episode is a single television programme that is shown in order to find out whether a particular series of programmes is likely to be popular.

    e.g. A pilot episode of Nothing's Impossible has already been filmed.
           《一切皆有可能》的试播集已拍摄出来了。

8. （煤气灶具、锅炉等用于引火的）常燃小火
    A pilot is the pilot light on a gas cooker or stove, boiler, or fire.

9. see also: automatic pilot;test pilot