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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)

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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。

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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。

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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。

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see also

correspondence course,

refresher course

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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in due course

→see

due

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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。

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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？

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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。

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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。