单词 | in the course of |
释义 | in the course ofSEE SYNONYMS FOR in the course of ON THESAURUS.COM Also, during the course of. In the process or progress of, as in the famous phrase from the Declaration of Independence (1776), “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands ...” These phrases have been criticized as needlessly wordy (in or during alone are adequate), but they have an emphatic rhythm that keeps them alive. [Mid-1600s] Words nearby in the course ofin the chips, in the circumstances, in the clear, in the clouds, in the cold light of day, in the course of, in the dark, in the dock, in the doghouse, in the doldrums, in the driver's seat The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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