一、详细释义:


n.

进程,发展方向


例句:

Generations of men come and go; but time rolls in its ceaseless course.

人世代谢,但时间的进程永不停息。


例句:

He has charted a course of action.

他已经规划好行动步骤。


一道菜


例句:

This course is made of lobsters.

这是以龙虾为原料的一道菜。


例句:

You can choose your main course now.

现在你可以选择你的主食了。


科目,课程,讲座


例句:

Can I sign up for this course in advance?

我能提前申请上这一课程吗?


例句:

The course was a snap for him.

这课程对他来说是太轻松了。


比赛场地;高尔夫球场


例句:

Her car was thrown off course as she rounded a sharp curve.

就在她急转弯时,她的车脱离了车道。


例句:

A golf course comprises a series of holes.

高尔夫球场是由一系列的球洞组成的。


行为方式,处理方式


例句:

No faint heart would be able to make us reverse our course.

没有哪一个胆小怕事的人能说服我们改变方针。


例句:

The leaders will not agree to the course of the dean.

领导们不会赞同主任的做法。


疗程


例句:

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。


例句:

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。


航向,航线,路线


例句:

She wandered from the shortest course back home.

她偏离了回家的最近路线。


例句:

He needed no persuasion to persist in his proclaimed course.

他无需别人劝说也会坚持他的既定路线。


河道


例句:

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。


v.

快速流动,奔流 [I,T]


例句:

The tears coursed down his cheeks.

他泪如雨下。


例句:

When you're sitting still, you need less blood coursing through your arteries.

静坐时动脉血液流动较缓。


快跑,迅速移动,追赶 [I,T]


例句:

The cavalry coursed the fleeing troops.

骑兵追赶逃跑的败兵。


例句:

The hound coursed the rabbits.

猎犬追赶着野兔。


沿…前进,指引航线 [I]


例句:

The boats coursed along the west bank of the river.

小船沿着河的西岸前进。


二、词义辨析:


class,lesson,lecture,course

这些名词均含“课”之意。 class从“班级”引申指学生在一起上课,还可表示“(一节)课”。 lesson主要指教材中的一课或每次授课的单位时间。 lecture指讲课。 course指在一段时间内教完或学完的完整的课程。


三、相关短语:


course of action

行动方式;处理方法


golf course

n.高尔夫球场


in due course

ad. 1.到一定的时候,没过多久


main course

n. 主帆,主要课程,主菜


of course

1.当然


refresher course

n. 复习课程,进修课程


required course

必修课


collision course

碰头航向,碰撞航向,冲突航向,冲突路线,相撞航线


crash course

速成班


damp course

n.防湿层


damp-proof course

防水层


correspondence course

n. 函授课程


四、参考例句:


Of course they do.

当然他们也会这样做。


Of course you can.

当然可以。


Of course not.

当然不是。


a sociology course

社会学课程


The art course stimulated me.

艺术课激发了我的灵感


Let nature take its course!

让他顺其自然吧!


Of course, you are right.

当然,你是正确的。


And, of course, no brain.

而且显然没有脑组织。


This course is quite palatable.

这道菜非常鲜美可口。


Of course. Just a moment.

当然。稍等一下。