【course音标】 英[kɔ:s] 美[kɔ:rs]
【单词释义】 course是什么意思：
n.课程；航线；行动方向；一道菜
vt.快速地流动；奔流；跑过；追逐
vi.沿…（方向）前进；指引航线；快跑；迅速移动
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] courses [第三人称单数] courses
[单词现在分词] coursing
[单词过去式] coursed
[单词过去分词] coursed
【course形近词/近似词】
recourse n.[U]求援；求助；追索权；依赖；所依靠的物[人]
intercourse n.[U]交流，交往；沟通
discourse n.论文；演讲，论述；交谈 v.叙述；讲述
【常用短语】
of course 一定，当然
【近义词解析】
◇ 课程,课
class (n. [美]（一节）课，课程)：尤指学校的上课时间；也指某一科目的课程，常后接介词 in。
course (n. [英]课程)：指有关某一学科的系列课程，常后接介词 in/on；也指大学中为修读学位或取得某种资格而学习的课程。a three-year degree course。
lesson (n. 课程； [英]（一堂）课)：指学习某种技能的课程，常后接介词 in/on；也指学校里的一堂课或课本中的某一课。
【单词例句】
◇ Then she saw another door,a door that was only forty centimetres high.The little gold key unlocked this door easily, but of course Alice could not get through it—she was much too big.
这时，她看见另有一个门，只有40厘米高。小金钥匙轻而易举就打开了门，可爱丽丝过不去——她太大了。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ "So why do you want to work here?"Eventually this question comes up in every interview. Over the course of the last 30 years, I have been and I continue to ask this question all the time.
“为什么你想来这里工作？”每次面试最终都会谈到这个问题。在过去30年里，我一直在询问求职者这个问题，也将继续问下去。
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ But she intended to become a doctor after she came across Lin Qiaozhi by chance, who was delivering medical courses to an audience crowding around her. Before moving off, Lin inspired her to carry on her study.
但是在她偶然遇见了林巧芝之后却打定注意想要成为一名医生，当时林巧芝正在给拥挤在她身边的观众传授医疗课程，在离开之前，林巧芝鼓舞她继续坚持学习。
---- A Woman Doctor-Lina
◇ Of course, the researchers point out, they would like to know much more about how walking may affect other health parameters such as quality of life and memory and cognitive function. It's possible that walking a greater number of steps each day could influence these outcomes.
当然，研究人员指出，他们想知道更多关于步行如何影响其他健康参数的信息，如生活质量、记忆力和认知功能。每天走更多步可能会影响这些结果。
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ Patients with coronary artery disease who engaged in a course of laughter therapy had reduced inflammation and better health, the research found.
研究发现，采用“大笑疗法”的冠心病患者炎症减轻了，身体变好了。
---- Study finds laughter is good for heart health
◇ Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce. He had one child, who is, of course, with his ex-wife. He is looking for another wife.
前不久有一位男友造访，他刚离异，一个孩子自然跟了前妻。目前他正在寻找新妻。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ The commonsense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling.
认为最好的冰箱应该防止冰的融化这样一个普遍的观点显然是错误的，因为正是冰的融化起了制冷作用。
---- The Origin of Refrigerators
◇ OF course you know what is meant by a magnifying-glass ?? one of those round spectacle-glasses that make everything look a hundred times bigger than it is.
你当然知道什么叫做放大镜 ── 它是一种圆玻璃，可以把一切东西放大到比原来的体积大一百倍。
---- The Drop of Water