discourse

英 ['d?sk??s; -'k??s] 美['d?sk?rs]

TEM4GRE考研CET6CET6+TOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?discourses;

discourse 論文，演講

dis-, 分開(kāi)，散開(kāi)。course, 跑，跑道。原指談話(huà)，全面的了解，后用來(lái)指論文，演講。比較discuss, dissertation.

discourse: discourse: see course
discourse (n.): late 14c., "process of understanding, reasoning, thought," from French discours, from Latin discursus "a running about," in Late Latin "conversation," from past participle stem of discurrere "run about," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Sense of "formal speech or writing" is first recorded 1580s.
discourse (v.): 1540s, from discourse (n.). Related: Discoursed; discoursing.

1. Gates responds with a lengthy discourse on deployment strategy.: 蓋茨以一篇有關(guān)部署策略的鴻篇大論予以回應(yīng)。

2. Other forms of discourse have successfully been decoupled from politics.: 其他的話(huà)語(yǔ)形式已經(jīng)成功地與政治分離開(kāi)來(lái)。