course

noun

教育 education

1. （有关某学科的系列）课程，讲座
   a series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject
   1. a French/chemistry, etc. course
      法语、化学等课程
   2. to take/do a course in art and design
      攻读美术与设计课程
   3. to go on a management training course
      去参加管理培训讲座
   4. The college runs specialist language courses .
      这所学院开设有专门语言课程。
2. （大学中要进行考试或取得资格的）课程
   a period of study at a college or university that leads to an exam or a qualification
   1. a degree course
      学位课程
   2. a two-year postgraduate course leading to a master's degree
      两年制硕士研究生课程

方向 direction

3. （船或飞机的）航向，航线
   a direction or route followed by a ship or an aircraft
   1. The plane was on/off course (= going/not going in the right direction) .
      飞机航向正确 / 偏离。
   2. He radioed the pilot to change course .
      他用无线电通知飞行员改变航向。
   3. They set a course for the islands.
      他们确定了去群岛的航线。
4. 方针；行动方向
   the general direction in which sb's ideas or actions are moving
   1. The president appears likely to change course on some key issues.
      总统看起来可能要在某些重要问题上改变方针。
   2. Politicians are often obliged to steer a course between incompatible interests.
      政治家常常被迫在互不相容的利益之间开辟航道。

行动 action

5. 行动方式；处理方法
   a way of acting in or dealing with a particular situation
   1. There are various courses open to us.
      我们有多种处理方法可采取。
   2. What course of action would you recommend?
      你想推荐什么办法呢？
   3. The wisest course would be to say nothing.
      最明智的对策是缄口不语。

发展 development

6. 进展；进程
   the way sth develops or should develop
   1. an event that changed the course of history
      改变了历史进程的事件
   2. The unexpected course of events aroused considerable alarm.
      意外的事态发展引起了相当的恐慌。

菜肴 part of meal

7. 一道菜
   any of the separate parts of a meal
   1. a four-course dinner
      有四道菜的正餐
   2. The main course was roast duck.
      主菜是烤鸭。

高尔夫球 for golf

高尔夫球 for golf

比赛 for races

8. 比赛场地；跑道；赛船水道；泳道
   an area of land or water where races are held
   1. She was overtaken on the last stretch of the course.
      她在最后一个直道上被超过。

江河 of river

9. 江河流向
   the direction a river moves in
   1. The path follows the course of the river.
      小路沿河道延伸。

医疗 medical treatment

10. （医疗、服药等的）疗程
    a series of medical treatments, pills, etc.
    1. to prescribe a course of antibiotics
       开一个疗程抗生素的处方

墙壁 in wall

11. （砖、石等墙的）层
    a continuous layer of bricks, stone, etc. in a wall
    1. A new damp-proof course could cost £1 000 or more.
       新的防潮层可花掉1 000英镑以上。

verb

1. 快速地流动；奔流
   to move or flow quickly

1. 当然(在英语口语中常用于代替 of course)
   Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See 见 of course .
2. N-UNCOUNT (尤指船或飞机的)航向，航线，路线
   The course of a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, is the route along which it is travelling.
   1. Aircraft can avoid each other by going up and down, as well as by altering course to left or right...
      飞机可以通过上下升降和左右移动改变航线来避免相撞。
   2. The tug was seaward of the Hakai Passage on a course that diverged from the Calvert Island coastline.
      托船驶离卡尔弗特岛海岸朝哈凯航道驶去。
3. N-COUNT 行为方式;处理方式
   A course of action is an action or a series of actions that you can do in a particular situation.
   1. My best course of action was to help Gill by being loyal, loving and endlessly sympathetic...
      我能给吉尔的最大帮助就是对他忠诚、关爱他并且永远满怀同情之心。
   2. He must fall on his sword. That's the only course left open to him...
      他必须面对失败，他唯有这一条路走。
   3. Vietnam is trying to decide on its course for the future.
      越南正在努力确定其未来发展的方向。
4. N-SING 进程;发展的方向
   You can refer to the way that events develop as, for example, the course of history or the course of events .
   1. ...a series of decisive naval battles which altered the course of history...
      改变历史进程的一系列决定性的海战
   2. In the natural course of events cows would wish to be milked more than twice a day...
      按照事情发展的自然规律，母牛每天应该挤奶两次以上。
   3. His adult life mirrored the downward course of his father's life.
      他成年后的生活反映出了他父亲的生活在走下坡路。
5. See also: ...a course in business administration... I'm shortly to begin a course on the modern novel. access course correspondence course refresher course sandwich course
6. N-COUNT 疗程
   A course of medical treatment is a series of treatments that a doctor gives someone.
   1. Treatment is supplemented with a course of antibiotics to kill the bacterium...
      治疗期间辅以一个疗程的抗生素注射来杀灭细菌。
   2. She went to her doctor, who offered to put her on a course of tranquillizers.
      她去看医生，医生建议她服用一个疗程的镇静剂。
7. N-COUNT 一道菜
   A course is one part of a meal.
   1. The lunch was excellent, especially the first course.
      午餐很棒，尤其是第一道菜。
   2. ...a three-course dinner.
      有3道菜的晚餐
8. N-COUNT (体育)比赛场地;高尔夫球场
   In sport, a course is an area of land where races are held or golf is played, or the land over which a race takes place.
   1. Only 12 seconds separated the first three riders on the Bickerstaffe course...
      比科斯达夫赛场上的前3名骑手之间只差12秒。
   2. In July comes the Tour de France, when 200 cyclists cover a course of 2,000 miles.
      7月份迎来了环法自行车赛，200名自行车选手要骑行2,000英里的赛程。
9. N-COUNT 河道
   The course of a river is the channel along which it flows.
   1. Romantic chateaux and castles overlook the river's twisting course.
      富有浪漫气息的庄园和城堡俯瞰着蜿蜒的河道。
10. VERB 快速地流动;奔流
    If a liquid courses somewhere, it flows quickly.
    1. The tears coursed down his cheeks...
       他泪如雨下。
    2. When you're sitting still, you need less blood coursing through your arteries.
       静坐时动脉血液流动较缓。
11. PREP-PHRASE 在…过程中
    If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
    1. In the course of the 1930s steel production in Britain approximately doubled...
       在20世纪30年代，英国的钢铁产量几乎翻了一番。
    2. We struck up a conversation, in the course of which it emerged that he was a sailing man.
       我们聊了起来，在谈话过程中得知他是一名水手。
12. PHRASE 照例;自然;理所当然
    If you do something as a matter of course, you do it as part of your normal work or way of life.
    1. If police are carrying arms as a matter of course then doesn't it encourage criminals to carry them?
       如果警察每天理所当然地携带武器，这难道不会促使罪犯也持械吗？
13. PHRASE 在正确航道(或航线)上/偏离航道(或航线)
    If a ship or aircraft is on course, it is travelling along the correct route. If it is off course, it is no longer travelling along the correct route.
    1. The ill fated ship was sent off course into shallow waters and rammed by another vessel.
       这艘倒霉的船偏离航道误入浅水区，被另外一艘船撞上了。
14. PREP-PHRASE 很可能做成;可能获得
    If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
    1. England are well on course for a place at the World Cup Finals...
       英格兰队很有可能打进世界杯决赛。
    2. The company is on course for profits of £20m in the next financial year.
       该公司有望在下一个财年实现2,000万英镑的盈利。
15. PHRASE 任其发展;听其自然
    If something runs its course or takes its course, it develops naturally and comes to a natural end.
    1. They estimated that between 17,000 and 20,000 cows would die before the epidemic had run its course...
       他们估计在流行病结束之前会有17,000到20,000头牛死去。
    2. As for the imprisoned leaders, he asserted that justice would have to take its course.
       他坚称必须对监禁的领导人依法审判。
16. PHRASE 坚持到底
    If you stay the course, you finish something that you have started, even though it has become very difficult.
    1. The oldest president in American history had stayed the course for two terms.
       美国历史上的第一位总统连任两届。
17. PHRASE 总有一天;最后;终于
    If something changes or becomes true in the course of time, it changes or becomes true over a long period of time.
    1. In the course of time, many of their myths become entangled.
       最后，他们很多荒诞的说法都变得错综复杂了。
18. in due course → see: due

1. Aircraft can avoid each other by going up and down, as well as by altering course to left or right
   飞机可以通过上下升降和左右移动改变航线来避免相撞。
2. The tug was seaward of the Hakai Passage on a course that diverged from the Calvert Island coastline.
   托船驶离卡尔弗特岛海岸朝哈凯航道驶去。
3. My best course of action was to help Gill by being loyal, loving and endlessly sympathetic
   我能给吉尔的最大帮助就是对他忠诚、关爱他并且永远满怀同情之心。
4. He must fall on his sword. That's the only course left open to him
   他必须面对失败，他唯有这一条路走。
5. Vietnam is trying to decide on its course for the future.
   越南正在努力确定其未来发展的方向。
6. In the natural course of events cows would wish to be milked more than twice a day
   按照事情发展的自然规律，母牛每天应该挤奶两次以上。
7. His adult life mirrored the downward course of his father's life.
   他成年后的生活反映出了他父亲的生活在走下坡路。
8. I'm shortly to begin a course on the modern novel.
   我不久将要选修一门现代小说课程。
9. Treatment is supplemented with a course of antibiotics to kill the bacterium
   治疗期间辅以一个疗程的抗生素注射来杀灭细菌。
10. She went to her doctor, who offered to put her on a course of tranquillizers.
    她去看医生，医生建议她服用一个疗程的镇静剂。
11. The lunch was excellent, especially the first course.
    午餐很棒，尤其是第一道菜。
12. Only 12 seconds separated the first three riders on the Bickerstaffe course
    比科斯达夫赛场上的前3名骑手之间只差12秒。
13. In July comes the Tour de France, when 200 cyclists cover a course of 2,000 miles.
    7月份迎来了环法自行车赛，200名自行车选手要骑行2,000英里的赛程。
14. Romantic chateaux and castles overlook the river's twisting course.
    富有浪漫气息的庄园和城堡俯瞰着蜿蜒的河道。
15. The tears coursed down his cheeks
    他泪如雨下。
16. When you're sitting still, you need less blood coursing through your arteries.
    静坐时动脉血液流动较缓。
17. In the course of the 1930s steel production in Britain approximately doubled
    在20世纪30年代，英国的钢铁产量几乎翻了一番。
18. We struck up a conversation, in the course of which it emerged that he was a sailing man.
    我们聊了起来，在谈话过程中得知他是一名水手。
19. If police are carrying arms as a matter of course then doesn't it encourage criminals to carry them?
    如果警察每天理所当然地携带武器，这难道不会促使罪犯也持械吗？
20. The ill fated ship was sent off course into shallow waters and rammed by another vessel.
    这艘倒霉的船偏离航道误入浅水区，被另外一艘船撞上了。
21. England are well on course for a place at the World Cup Finals
    英格兰队很有可能打进世界杯决赛。
22. The company is on course for profits of £ 20m in the next financial year.
    该公司有望在下一个财年实现2,000万英镑的盈利。
23. They estimated that between 17,000 and 20,000 cows would die before the epidemic had run its course
    他们估计在流行病结束之前会有17,000到20,000头牛死去。
24. As for the imprisoned leaders, he asserted that justice would have to take its course.
    他坚称必须对监禁的领导人依法审判。
25. The oldest president in American history had stayed the course for two terms.
    美国历史上的第一位总统连任两届。
26. In the course of time, many of their myths become entangled.
    最后，他们很多荒诞的说法都变得错综复杂了。
27. 'I have read about you in the newspapers of course,' Charlie said
    “当然我已经在报纸上看过一些关于你的报道了，”查利说道。
28. She did a secretarial course.
    她学习了文秘课程。
29. The course in philosophy opened up new horizons for the students.
    哲学课使学生们打开了新的视野。
30. I took up one-year prior course in German in this college.
    我在这所大学读了一年的德语预科。

n.

in course of sth

• 在…的过程中
  going through a particular process
  1. The new textbook is in course of preparation.
     新的教科书正在准备之中。

in/over the course of…

• 在…期间；在…的时候
  during
  1. He's seen many changes in the course of his long life.
     他在漫长的一生中目睹了许许多多的变化。
  2. The company faces major challenges over the course of the next few years.
     这家公司今后几年将面临重大的挑战。

in the course of time

• 总有一天；最后；终于
  when enough time has passed
  1. It is possible that in the course of time a cure for cancer will be found.
     治疗癌症的方法终有一天能找到。

in the ordinary, normal, etc. course of events, things, etc.

• 按通常情况；在一般情况下；通常
  as things usually happen
  1. In the normal course of things we would not treat her disappearance as suspicious.
     在一般情况下，她不露面，我们也不会觉得有什么可疑之处。

of course

• （强调所说的话真实或正确）当然
  used to emphasize that what you are saying is true or correct
  1. ‘Don't you like my mother?’ ‘Of course I do!’
     “难道你不喜欢我母亲？”“当然喜欢！”
  2. ‘Will you be there?’ ‘Course I will.’
     “你会去那里吗？”“当然会。”
• （同意某人做某事的客气说法）当然
  used as a polite way of giving sb permission to do sth
  1. ‘Can I come, too?’ ‘Course you can.’
     “我也可以来吗？”“当然可以。”
  2. ‘Can I have one of those pens?’ ‘Of course─help yourself.’
     “我能在那些笔中拿一支吗？”“当然，请自己拿吧。”
• （礼貌地同意某人刚说的话）当然
  used as a polite way of agreeing with what sb has just said
  1. ‘I did all I could to help.’ ‘Of course,’ he murmured gently.
     “我尽全力帮忙了。”“当然。”他轻声低语道。
• （表示所说的事不令人惊讶或具有普遍性）当然，自然
  used to show that what you are saying is not surprising or is generally known or accepted
  1. Ben, of course, was the last to arrive.
     本当然是最后一个到的。
  2. Of course, there are other ways of doing this.
     当然还有别的方法做这件事。

of course not

• （强调不同意）当然不
  used to emphasize the fact that you are saying ‘no’
  1. ‘Are you going?’ ‘Of course not.’
     “你要去吗？”“当然不去。”
  2. ‘Do you mind?’ ‘No, of course not.’
     “你介意吗？”“不，当然不介意。”

on course for sth/to do sth

• （因为已开始做而）很可能做成（或做）
  likely to achieve or do sth because you have already started to do it
  1. The American economy is on course for higher inflation than Britain by the end of the year.
     美国经济很可能在今年年底前出现比英国高的通货膨胀。

run/take its course

• 任其发展；听其自然
  to develop in the usual way and come to the usual end
  1. When her tears had run their course, she felt calmer and more in control.
     等她哭够了，她就比较镇静，比较克制了。
  2. With minor ailments the best thing is often to let nature take its course.
     对于小病，往往最好是听其自然。

be on a collision course (with sb/sth)

be on a collision course (with sb/sth)

in due course

• 在适当的时候；到一定的时候
  at the right time and not before
  1. Your request will be dealt with in due course.
     你的要求将在适当的时候予以处理。

horses for courses

• 知人善任
  the act of matching people with suitable jobs or tasks

(as) a matter of course

• （作为）理所当然的事；（当作）常规
  (as) the usual and correct thing to do
  1. We always check people's addresses as a matter of course.
     我们总是照例检查一下人们的地址。

(steer, take, etc.) a middle course

(find, etc.) a/the middle way

• （走）中间道路；（取）中庸之道；（采取）折中办法
  (to take/find) an acceptable course of action that avoids two extreme positions

be par for the course

• 不出所料；果不其然
  to be just what you would expect to happen or expect sb to do in a particular situation
  1. Starting early and working long hours is par for the course in this job.
     开工早，工时长，是担任这件工作的家常便饭。

pervert the course of justice

• 作伪证；妨碍司法
  to tell a lie or to do sth in order to prevent the police, etc. from finding out the truth about a crime

stay the course

• 坚持到底
  to continue doing sth until it has finished or been completed, even though it is difficult
  1. Very few of the trainees have stayed the course.
     极少受训者坚持到底了。

noun

1. a mode of action
   1. if you persist in that course you will surely fail
   2. once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place

   Synonym:    course of action

2. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
   1. he took a course in basket weaving
   2. flirting is not unknown in college classes

   Synonym:    course of studycourse of instructionclass

3. facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
   1. the course had only nine holes
   2. the course was less than a mile

4. (construction) a layer of masonry
   1. a course of bricks

   Synonym:    row

5. part of a meal served at one time
   1. she prepared a three course meal

6. a body of students who are taught together
   1. early morning classes are always sleepy

   Synonym:    classformgrade

7. a connected series of events or actions or developments
   1. the government took a firm course
   2. historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available

   Synonym:    line

8. general line of orientation
   1. the river takes a southern course
   2. the northeastern trend of the coast

   Synonym:    trend

9. a line or route along which something travels or moves
   1. the hurricane demolished houses in its path
   2. the track of an animal
   3. the course of the river

   Synonym:    pathtrack

verb

1. hunt with hounds
   1. He often courses hares

2. move along, of liquids
   1. Water flowed into the cave
   2. the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

   Synonym:    runflowfeed

3. move swiftly through or over
   1. ships coursing the Atlantic

adv

1. as might be expected
   1. naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill

   Synonym:    naturallyof course