单词 | mid-course correction |
释义 | > as lemmasmid-course correction 2. U.S. In extended use. Made, carried out, or performed during a course, project, campaign, etc.; frequently in mid-course correction. ΚΠ 1971 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 42 137 Student responses to the mid-course questionnaires. 1975 Amer. Math. Monthly 82 110 His influence on the Association, however strong, is a momentary thrust, a mid-course correction. 1976 Chem. Week (Nexis) 3 Mar. 25 It also calls for another ‘mid-course’ review in 1985, conducted by a new body similar to the NCWQ. 1982 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Sept. 12 ‘We obviously need midcourse corrections,’ said budgeteer David Stockman, arguing for a tax increase after the big flip-flop. 1990 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 28 78/1 Initial overfunding leads to midcourse corrections and failure to complete all planned projects. 1996 Ecol. Applic. 6 1375/1 Because prediction of the consequences of perturbation is uncetain, an adaptive strategy with continuous monitoring and mid-course corrections is necessary. < as lemmas |
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