新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

courseIELTS重点词汇

英 [kɔːs]

[NOUN]

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CONVENTION. 习惯表达

1. 当然（在口语中代替）of course）
Course is often used instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.

NOUN. 名词

courses
1. [U 不可数名词] 路线
The course of a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, is the route along which it is travelling.
双语例句
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。
2. [C 可数名词] 做法
A course of action is an action or a series of actions that you can do in a particular situation.
双语例句
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。
3. [C 可数名词] 课程
A course is a series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject.
近义词
class , module , degree
双语例句
例：
a course in business administration.
一门工商管理课程。
例：
I'm shortly to begin a course on the modern novel.
我不久将开始一门近代小说课程。
4. [C 可数名词] 疗程
A course of medical treatment is a series of treatments that a doctor gives someone.
双语例句
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。
5. [C 可数名词] 一道菜
A course is one part of a meal.
双语例句
例：
The lunch was excellent, especially the first course.
午饭非常好吃，尤其是第一道菜。
6. [C 可数名词] 跑马场 , 跑道 , 高尔夫球场
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.
双语例句
例：
Only 12 seconds separated the first three riders on the course.
跑道上的前3名选手之间只相差12秒。
7. [C 可数名词] 河道
The course of a river is the channel along which it flows.
双语例句
例：
Romantic castles overlook the river's twisting course.
一座座富有传奇色彩的城堡俯瞰着小河蜿蜒曲折的河道。

PHRASE. 习语

in the course of
1. 在…期间
If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
近义词
during
双语例句
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。
as a matter of course
1. 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.
双语例句
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？
on course , off course
1. 在正确路线上 , 偏离正确路线
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.
双语例句
例：
The ship was sent off course into shallow waters.
轮船偏离航道，进入了浅水区。
on course for
1. 极有可能得到…
If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
双语例句
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。