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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 .

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(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。

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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。

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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。

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(某科目的)课程，讲座

A course is a series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject.

1. ...a course in business administration...

   企业管理课程

2. 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。

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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。

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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

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(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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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？

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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。

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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 lb20m 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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

1

教育

education

2

（有关某学科的系列）课程，讲座

a series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject

3

法语、化学等课程

a French/chemistry, etc. course

4

攻读美术与设计课程

to take/do a course in art and design

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去参加管理培训讲座

to go on a management training course

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这所学院开设有专门语言课程。

The college runs specialist language courses .

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（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

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学位课程

a degree course

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两年制硕士研究生课程

a two-year postgraduate course leading to a master's degree

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方向

direction

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（船或飞机的）航向，航线

a direction or route followed by a ship or an aircraft

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飞机航向正确 / 偏离。

The plane was on/off course (= going/not going in the right direction) .

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他用无线电通知飞行员改变航向。

He radioed the pilot to change course .

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他们确定了去群岛的航线。

They set a course for the islands.

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方针；行动方向

the general direction in which sb's ideas or actions are moving

16

总统看起来可能要在某些重要问题上改变方针。

The president appears likely to change course on some key issues.

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政治家常常被迫在互不相容的利益之间开辟航道。

Politicians are often obliged to steer a course between incompatible interests.

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行动

action

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行动方式；处理方法

a way of acting in or dealing with a particular situation

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我们有多种处理方法可采取。

There are various courses open to us.

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你想推荐什么办法呢？

What course of action would you recommend?

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最明智的对策是缄口不语。

The wisest course would be to say nothing.

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发展

development

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进展；进程

the way sth develops or should develop

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改变了历史进程的事件

an event that changed the course of history

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意外的事态发展引起了相当的恐慌。

The unexpected course of events aroused considerable alarm.

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菜肴

part of meal

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一道菜

any of the separate parts of a meal

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有四道菜的正餐

a four-course dinner

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主菜是烤鸭。

The main course was roast duck.

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高尔夫球

for golf

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他创下了高尔夫球的新纪录。

He set a new course record.

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比赛

for races

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比赛场地；跑道；赛船水道；泳道

an area of land or water where races are held

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她在最后一个直道上被超过。

She was overtaken on the last stretch of the course.

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江河

of river

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江河流向

the direction a river moves in

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小路沿河道延伸。

The path follows the course of the river.

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医疗

medical treatment

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（医疗、服药等的）疗程

a series of medical treatments, pills, etc.

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开一个疗程抗生素的处方

to prescribe a course of antibiotics

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墙壁

in wall

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（砖、石等墙的）层

a continuous layer of bricks, stone, etc. in a wall

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新的防潮层可花掉1 000英镑以上。

A new damp-proof course could cost lb1 000 or more.

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在…的过程中

going through a particular process

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新的教科书正在准备之中。

The new textbook is in course of preparation.

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用于表示时间段

used with expressions for periods of time

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在…期间；在…的时候

during

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他在漫长的一生中目睹了许许多多的变化。

He's seen many changes in the course of his long life.

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这家公司今后几年将面临重大的挑战。

The company faces major challenges over the course of the next few years.

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总有一天；最后；终于

when enough time has passed

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治疗癌症的方法终有一天能找到。

It is possible that in the course of time a cure for cancer will be found.

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按通常情况；在一般情况下；通常

as things usually happen

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在一般情况下，她不露面，我们也不会觉得有什么可疑之处。

In the normal course of things we would not treat her disappearance as suspicious.

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（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

56

“难道你不喜欢我母亲？”“当然喜欢！”

‘Don't you like my mother?’ ‘Of course I do!’

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“你会去那里吗？”“当然会。”

‘Will you be there?’ ‘Course I will.’

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（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

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“我也可以来吗？”“当然可以。”

‘Can I come, too?’ ‘Course you can.’

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“我能在那些笔中拿一支吗？”“当然，请自己拿吧。”

‘Can I have one of those pens?’ ‘Of course─help yourself.’

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（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

62

“我尽全力帮忙了。”“当然。”他轻声低语道。

‘I did all I could to help.’ ‘Of course,’ he murmured gently.

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（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

64

本当然是最后一个到的。

Ben, of course, was the last to arrive.

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当然还有别的方法做这件事。

Of course, there are other ways of doing this.

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（强调不同意）当然不

used to emphasize the fact that you are saying ‘no’

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“你要去吗？”“当然不去。”

‘Are you going?’ ‘Of course not.’

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“你介意吗？”“不，当然不介意。”

‘Do you mind?’ ‘No, of course not.’

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（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

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美国经济很可能在今年年底前出现比英国高的通货膨胀。

The American economy is on course for higher inflation than Britain by the end of the year.

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任其发展；听其自然

to develop in the usual way and come to the usual end

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等她哭够了，她就比较镇静，比较克制了。

When her tears had run their course, she felt calmer and more in control.

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对于小病，往往最好是听其自然。

With minor ailments the best thing is often to let nature take its course.

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在适当的时候；到一定的时候

at the right time and not before

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你的要求将在适当的时候予以处理。

Your request will be dealt with in due course.

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知人善任

the act of matching people with suitable jobs or tasks

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含义来自马在合适的跑道上跑得更快。

This expression refers to the fact that horses race better on a track that suits them.

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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

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开工早，工时长，是担任这件工作的家常便饭。

Starting early and working long hours is par for the course in this job.

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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

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坚持到底

to continue doing sth until it has finished or been completed, even though it is difficult

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极少受训者坚持到底了。

Very few of the trainees have stayed the course.

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液体

of liquid

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快速地流动；奔流

to move or flow quickly

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在英国英语中，course指某学科的系列课程或讲座：

In BrE course is used for a series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject.

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物理课程

a physics course

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有十次讲座的课程

a course of ten lectures

88

北美英语说：

In NAmE you would say

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物理课程

a physics course/program

90

有十次讲座的课程

a program of ten lectures

91

在北美英语中，course通常指较长学习阶段中的一个独立单元：

In NAmE a course is usually an individual unit that forms part of a longer period of study.

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我得参加一门物理课程。

I have to take a physics course/class.

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在英国，尤其是高等院校，这种独立单元叫module。

This is called a module in Britain, especially in a college or university.

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英国英语的course亦可指高等教育的一个阶段：

In BrE course can also mean a period of study at a college or university.

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两年的大学课程

a two-year college course

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北美英语说：

In NAmE you would say

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两年的大学课程

a two-year college program

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of course常用以表示所说的事不足为奇或理所当然。与此同时，由于可能不容易掌握恰当的语调，用of course或of course not回答询问或请求时可能显得不礼貌。因此，用其他词语可能更稳妥。

Of course is often used to show that what you are saying is not surprising or is generally known or accepted. For this reason, and because it can be difficult to get the right intonation, you may not sound polite if you use of course or of course not when you answer a request for information or permission. It can be safer to use a different word or phrase.

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“这是上英语课的教室吗？”“是的。”

‘Is this the right room for the English class?’ ‘Yes, it is.’

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或

or

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“我借用一下你的词典好吗？”“当然可以。”（正式）

‘Can I borrow your dictionary?’ ‘Certainly.’ ( formal )

102

“当然可以。”（非正式）

‘Sure.’ ( informal )

103

“我借用一下你的词典行吗？”“没问题。”

‘Do you mind if I borrow your dictionary?’ ‘Not at all.’

104

“拿吧。”（非正式）

( informal )

105

如果用of course/of course not回答，听起来就好像是说答案太明显，用不着问。同样，of course不宜用于回应别人对事实的陈述或意见的表达：

If you say of course/of course not it may sound as though you think the answer to the question is obvious and that the person should not ask. In the same way, of course should not be used as a reply to a statement of fact or when someone expresses an opinion.

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“天气真好。”“确实真好。” / “是的，真好。”

‘It’s a lovely day.’ ‘It certainly is.’/‘Yes it is.’

107

“我想你会喜欢这个戏的。”“我肯定会的。” / “是的，这戏看来真棒。”

‘I think you’ll enjoy that play.’ ‘I’m sure I will.’/‘Yes, it sounds really good.’

1

a mode of action

例子:

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

近义词: course of action

2

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

例子:

1. he took a course in basket weaving
2. flirting is not unknown in college classes

近义词: course of study,course of instruction,class

3

facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport

例子:

1. the course had only nine holes
2. the course was less than a mile

4

(construction) a layer of masonry

例子:

1. a course of bricks

近义词: row

5

part of a meal served at one time

例子:

1. she prepared a three course meal

6

a body of students who are taught together

例子:

1. early morning classes are always sleepy

近义词: class,form,grade

7

a connected series of events or actions or developments

例子:

1. the government took a firm course
2. historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available

近义词: line

8

general line of orientation

例子:

1. the river takes a southern course
2. the northeastern trend of the coast

近义词: trend

9

a line or route along which something travels or moves

例子:

1. the hurricane demolished houses in its path
2. the track of an animal
3. the course of the river

近义词: path,track

10

hunt with hounds

例子:

1. He often courses hares

11

move along, of liquids

例子:

1. Water flowed into the cave
2. the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

近义词: run,flow,feed

12

move swiftly through or over

例子:

1. ships coursing the Atlantic

13

as might be expected

例子:

1. naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill

近义词: naturally,of course