course是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually leading to an exam or qualification -- 課程；教程

  • They're going away on a training course next week. 下星期他們要出去上實習課。

  • I'd like to do (US take) a writing course when I retire. 退休後我想修讀一門寫作課。

  • UK Tim did a three-year course in linguistics at Newcastle. 蒂姆在紐卡斯爾大學修讀了為期三年的語言學課程。

• 1 an area of land or water used for a sports event -- 競賽場地；球場；跑道；泳道

  • a golf course/cross-country course 高爾夫球場／越野賽賽場

• 2 the often gradual development of something, or the way something happens, or a way of doing something -- 進展；進程；經過，過程

  • Did the scandal have any effect on the course of the election? 醜聞對選舉進程有影響嗎？

  • In the course of (= during) the interview it became clear that he was not the right person for the job. 面試顯示他並不適合這份工作。

  • What would be an appropriate course (of action) in such a situation? 在這種情況下採取甚麽樣的措施才合適呢？

  • If our rivals are spending more on advertising, we'll have to follow the same course. 如果對手增加廣告投入，我們也只得奉陪。

  • The defendants are also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice. 被告還被指控企圖妨礙司法公正。

  • I assume they plan to have children in the course of time. 我想他們總有一天會打算要孩子的。

  • With the course of time, I've learned to live with my disability. 漸漸地，我學會了接受自己殘障的事實。

• 3 the direction in which a vehicle, especially an aircraft, spacecraft, or ship, moves, or the path along which a river flows -- （尤指飛機、太空船或輪船的）航向，航道，路線；（河流的）流向，水道

  • The pilot avoided a collision by changing course. 機師改變航向避免了一起碰撞事故。

  • Changing the course of the river would cause serious environmental damage to the whole valley. 河流改道會嚴重危害整個流域的環境。

  • figurative The debate completely changed course after Liz made her speech. 莉茲發言後辯論方向完全改變了。

  • Because of the recession, we're on course for/to have record unemployment levels. 由於經濟衰退，我們可能要創失業率的新紀錄了。

• 4 a part of a meal that is served separately from the other parts -- 一道菜

  • a four-course lunch 四道菜的午餐

  • A traditional British main course consists of a meat dish with potatoes and other vegetables. 傳統的英國主菜由肉加薯仔及其他蔬菜組成。

• 5 a fixed number of regular medical treatments -- 療程

  • My doctor's put me on a course of antibiotics. 醫生讓我接受了一個療程的抗生素治療。

  • UK She needed a six-month course of physiotherapy after she broke her leg. 腿骨折後她需要一個為期六個月的物理治療療程。

• 6 a continuous horizontal layer of bricks or other building material -- （磚瓦等建築材料的）層

• 7 to flow quickly or in large amounts -- 奔流；奔湧；大量流動

  • Tears were coursing down his cheeks. 淚水從他的臉頰滾落。

  • You could almost hear the blood coursing through her veins as she passed the finishing line. 她衝過終點時你幾乎聽得到血液在她血管裡流動的聲音。

  • figurative A new wave of idealism is coursing through our schools. 一股新的理想主義浪潮正席捲我們的學校。