【lesson音标】 英[ˈlesn] 美[ˈlesən]
【单词释义】 lesson是什么意思：
n.教训，训诫；功课；课程，一堂课；[宗]日课
vt.<古>教训，训斥；教课；向…授课
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] lessons
[单词现在分词] lessoning
[单词过去式] lessoned
[单词过去分词] lessoned
【lesson形近词/近似词】
season n.季节，季 v.加调料，给……调味；使变干燥；使适应，使适用
reason n.理由；原因 v. 推理，推论，推断；思考
treason n.叛国（罪）；不忠；谋反；背信
grandson n.孙子，外孙
arson n.[U]纵火；纵火罪；（故意）放火；放火罪
mason n.石匠；泥瓦匠；梅森（人名） v.用砖瓦砌成
person n.人,个人
【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】
◇ Down,down,down.'How far have I fallen now?'Alice said aloud to herself.'Perhaps I'm near the centre of the earth.Let me think…That's four thousand miles down.' (Alice was very good at her school lessons and could remember a lot of things like this.)
往下掉呀，掉呀，掉呀。爱丽丝自言自语：“现在我掉下来了多深？也许我快到地球中心了。让我想想……那是地下4000公里。”（爱丽丝功课不错，能记住好多这样的事。）
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ His distribution catalogue also included operating a clinic and a trunk library, as well as giving weekly lessons to teach relevant farming knowledge like how to dry out seeds or raise oxen.
捐赠金的分配目录中还包括一间诊所和一间书箱图书馆的运作，并有传授像怎么使种子干透，或者怎么养牛这种相关农业知识的每周课程。
---- Helping the Remote Village
◇ Overall, the lesson learned is that in hot, dry conditions, drinking hot drinks will cool you down, but if you're in a humid location, it's best to stick to cold beverages.
总体而言，我们得到的结论是，在炎热干燥的天气里，喝热饮会让你感觉凉爽，但如果天气潮湿，最好还是喝冷饮。
---- Drinking hot tea in summer really does cool you down
◇ We have in our hands the technology to construct the most sophisticated machines ever built,but if they are unusable,simply because of their operating instructions,then recent lessons have taught us they will not survive.Whatever we design must be simple,reliable and useful.Perhaps this is where artificial intelligence will come in.
我们要用手中的技术建造最精密的机器。最近的事实告诉我们，如果仅仅因为操作指令而不能使用，那么它们将不能存在。无论如何，我们的设计必须简单、可靠且实用。这也许就是人工智能的来源。
◇ That was ten years ago. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
那已经是十年前的事情了。现在我已经成为一名成功的商人。无论何时当我感到沮丧，回想到世界上的烦恼时，我就会想起那个小女孩以及她教给我的那堂不寻常的课。
---- World of Smiles