"I think it can be a beacon in the coming years for those of us who believe that the values of democracy, the values for respect for human rights, the values for respect for the rule of law are indeed universal values,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

In that case the red light would be a beacon which means "forward," "go," "follow me," "damn the torpedoes." Right?

他就很可能代表,出发，跟我来等等意思，对吧？

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We still sometimes want to be Winthrop's City on the Hill, beacon of something for everybody.

有时我们仍然希望成为山上的温思罗普城,成为每个人心中的灯塔

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