course /kɔːs/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (courses)

• 1.  

  （） Course is often used in the expression "of course," or instead of "of course" in informal spoken English. See . 当然 (在口语中代替)(of course)
• 2.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） The course of a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, is the route along which it is travelling. 路线 [also 'a' N]

  例：

  Aircraft can avoid each other by altering course to left or right.

  飞行器可以通过向左或向右改变航线来避免相撞。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A course of action is an action or a series of actions that you can do in a particular situation. 做法

  例：

  My best course of action was to help Gill by being sympathetic.

  我最好的做法是通过表达同情去帮助吉尔。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A course is a series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject. 课程

  例：

  ...a course in business administration.

  …一门工商管理课程。

• 5.  

  （） → see also correspondence course, refresher course
• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A course of medical treatment is a series of treatments that a doctor gives someone. 疗程

  例：

  He had a course of antibiotics to kill the bacterium.

  他服了一疗程的抗生素来杀死细菌。

• 7.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A course is one part of a meal. 一道菜

  例：

  The lunch was excellent, especially the first course.

  午饭非常好吃，尤其是第一道菜。

• 8.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） In sports, a course is an area of land where races are held or golf is played, or the land over which a race takes place. 跑马场; 跑道; 高尔夫球场

  例：

  Only 12 seconds separated the first three riders on the course.

  跑道上的前3名选手12秒就拉开距离了。

• 9.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The course of a river is the channel along which it flows. 河道

  例：

  Romantic castles overlook the river's twisting course.

  一座座传奇式的城堡俯瞰着小河蜿蜒曲折的河道。

• 10.  

  （） in due course →see due
• 11.  

  PHRASE（习语） If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time. 在…期间

  例：

  In the course of the 1930s steel production approximately doubled.

  20世纪30年代间，钢产量几乎翻了一番。

• 12.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you do something as a matter of course, you do it as part of your normal work or way of life. 作为理所当然的事

  例：

  If police are carrying arms as a matter of course, then doesn't it encourage criminals to carry them?

  如果警察理所当然地携带武器，这难道不是鼓励罪犯也携带武器吗？

• 13.  

  PHRASE（习语） 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. 在正确路线上/偏离正确路线

  例：

  The ship was sent off course into shallow waters.

  轮船被驶出轨，进入了浅水区。

• 14.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it. 极有可能得到…

  例：

  The company is on course for profits of $20m.

  这家公司的利润有望达到2000万美元。