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单词 to run its course
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to run its course
a. to run its course: (a) (of a period of time) to pass, reach its end; (b) (of a sequence of events, state of affairs, trend, etc.) to complete its natural development without interference; to proceed to its expected conclusion.
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a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 1124 (MED) Whan the ȝeer his cours haþ ronne ȝerne And is come out, he shal ha[ue] repair To Regne in Thebes.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 355 The yeare hath runne his course.
1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Unbeliefe vii. 59 This conceipt once entertained sets loose the sensuall appetite to runne its course without a curbe.
1655 H. Vane Retired Mans Medit. To Rdr. sig. A3 That which..is as a bar unto that activity in him, which if permitted to run its course, makes his feet swift to his own destruction.
1711 Light to Blind ii. iii. §33 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 115 He left the courts of judicature to run their usual course.
1772 D. MacBride Methodical Introd. Physic ii. i. iv. 320 The fever..when once fairly formed, will generally run its course in spite of all that can be done to interrupt it.
1889 H. D. Traill Strafford xiii. 169 Affairs ran their fated course.
1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 248 That quick-blooded sentiment hatred had run its course long since in Soames' heart.
1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman (1959) 295 It had run its course and purged itself, leaving no complications.
1991 Seattle Times 29 Dec. b1/5 The old year has nearly run its course.
2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land ix. 92 Outdoor raves and warehouse parties were no longer viable, and Summer of Love-style clubbing had run its course.
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