| 单词 | course of action |
| 释义 | > as lemmascourse of action a. A line of (personal) action, way of acting, method of proceeding; an approach or a strategy adopted to deal with a situation. Frequently in course of action. †to take (a) course (to do something): to proceed or act (to do something); to take steps (to do something) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > (a) course of conduct or action wayeOE pathOE waya1225 tracea1300 line13.. dancea1352 tenor1398 featc1420 faction1447 rink?a1500 footpath1535 trade1536 vein1549 tract1575 course1582 road1600 country dance1613 track1638 steeragea1641 rhumb1666 tack1675 conduct1706 walk1755 wheel-way1829 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 51 For now is halden non in curs [a1400 Gött. cours] Bot qua þat luue can paramurs. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 316 Ye knaw not the comon cowrs that longys to a kyng. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 40 Now what counsayl, what course may rightlye be taken? 1601 W. Raleigh Let. 12 Sept. (1999) 212 I wish yow to hold such a cource as may best fitt your honor and your humor together. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 23 If you will follow this course, you shall..reape therby many commodities. 1650 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 172 The Maior..shall disburse moneys and take course to see the same fenced. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lvi If there be not a speedy course taken to remove some Encroachments. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. xviii To persevere with Steadiness in this Course, is often more than half the Cure. 1788 J. Wesley Serm. Several Occasions VIII. 265 A great man applied personally to his Majesty, begging that he would please to ‘take a course to stop these run-about Preachers’. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 7 I think our wisest course will be to join the cry. 1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. iii. 47 He had made up his mind to a certain course of action. 1915 G. O'Keeffe Let. 15 Sept. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 24 It seems to me that the best course is the one that leaves my mind freest. 1958 Observer 11 May 13/2 His wiser self will recognise the grave risks he will be taking if he pursues so ruthless a course. 2014 R. L. Daft et al. Building Managem. Skills i. i. 47/2 Self-restraint means being able to resist that emotional urge, giving you time to evaluate the circumstances you're in and decide the wisest course of action. < as lemmas |
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