lesson
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++les·son /ˈlesən/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] 1 learning a skill 学习技能CLASS/LESSON a period of time in which someone is taught a particular skill, for example how to play a musical instrument or drive a car 课；课程 piano lessons 钢琴课have/take lessons She’s started taking driving lessons. 她已开始上驾驶课了。lesson in/on lessons in First Aid 急救课 lessons in road safety 道路安全课程2 in school 在学校 British EnglishCLASS/LESSON a period of time in which school students are taught a particular subject 一堂课，一节课 SYN American English class Lessons start at 9 o'clock. 九点钟开始上课。French/physics/art etc lesson I’ve got a double maths lesson next. 我接下去要连上两堂数学课。lesson in/on Andrew gives private lessons in Spanish. 安德鲁教授私人西班牙语课程。3 experience 经验PUNISH something that provides experience or information that you can learn from and use 经验，教训learn a lesson (=gain useful experience or information) 吸取教训 There were important lessons to be learned from these discoveries. 从这些发现中可以获取重要的教训。 The government has failed to learn the lessons of history. 政府没有吸取历史的教训。lesson to The men’s courage and faith is a lesson to us all. 那些人的勇气和信心是我们大家学习的榜样。 Now let that be a lesson to you all (=be careful to avoid having the same bad experience again). 现在你们大家就从中吸取教训吧。 Her fate should be a salutary lesson (=one that teaches or warns you about something). 她的命运应该是一个有益的教训。4 book 书SE a part of a book that is used for learning a particular subject, especially in school 〔课本中的〕课 Turn to lesson 25. 请翻到第25课。5. church 礼拜RRC a short piece that is read from the Bible during a religious ceremony 〔宗教仪式中选读的〕《圣经》经文 → somebody has learned their lesson at learn(5), → teach somebody a lesson at teach(6)n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2verbstake lessonsHe started taking piano lessons at age four.have lessonsI have swimming lessons on Friday.go to a lesson (also attend a lesson formal)I have to go to my French lesson now.give lessons (=teach lessons)She made a living giving private lessons in English.prepare a lessonThe teachers spend a long time preparing their lessons.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lesson a history/physics/maths etc lessonI've got a history lesson this afternoon.a driving/swimming etc lessonDad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my birthday present.a piano/guitar etc lessonI'd just started classical guitar lessons.a private lesson (=a lesson specially for one person rather than for a class)He gave private lessons in mathematics at the weekends.
Examples from the Corpus
lesson• Our experience with the fire will serve as a lesson to the entire state.• We hope that the pictures, done by Kathleen White, one of the authors, will help you in choosing lessons.• Dominic will be having his first driving lesson this Thursday.• She gives English lessons to business people in the evenings.• It was a good lesson in humility, he realized.• But solving the mystery also teaches some important lessons about the era ahead.• It is algebra for today's lesson, my worst topic in maths.• The lessons which Donaldson has been trying to teach us are reflected throughout the following chapters.• Should we beat them or lock them up until they learn their lessons?• So feel free to fill your children with lessons and morals from this story.have/take lessons• I have found myself wondering what would have happened if I could have taken lessons from Saul Goodman.• I take lessons twice a week, I really enjoy them.• They included taking lessons for her advanced driving test, watercolour painting and gardening.• By way of taking lessons in sewing, I have often examined your stitches in my work bag.• His architecture may still have lessons for us.• Incidentally, brother Louis was then taking lessons on the pianoforte.• The majority of kids said they took lessons at home.• Bitterly, they complained: they hated art; they did not want to take lessons.French/physics/art etc lesson• His hobby is playing golf and he designed his entry during art lessons at school.• Did anyone know of some one who gave art lessons?• It must have shown up in art lessons first.• I did have one moment of triumph during that year of art lessons.• But these boys do not have swim team or baseball or sports camp or art lessons or a list of lawn-mowing clients.• A teacher in the art lesson with children is rather like a conductor with his orchestra.• I could see these art lessons were not going to be any fun.• So that was why I had all those art lessons!learn a lesson• Retching, vomiting and desperately trying to rub its face clean, the animal learns a lesson it never forgets.• It would progressively develop the Cadbury code of conduct in a non-legalistic way by learning lessons from corporate wrong-doing.• The second time I had a affair, I learned a lesson which was even more valuable, albeit terribly painful.• Apparently, they learned a lesson from the O. J. Simpson criminal trial by avoiding boring and time-consuming chronological presentations.• There is also a sad inability in governments to learn lessons.• Although the program was only two days, we learned lessons to make us better leaders for years to come.• A spoiled little girl who learns a lesson.• It has more to do with learning lessons, and we were learning ours by the hour.Origin lesson (1100-1200) Old French leçon, from Latin lectio “act of reading”, from legere; → LEGENDles·son noun →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
of a taught a in period Corpus someone is time which
lesson
les‧son S2 W3 /ˈlesən/
noun [countable]
piano lessons
have/take lessons
She’s started taking driving lessons.
lesson in/on
lessons in First Aid
lessons in road safety
2. IN SCHOOL British English a period of time in which school students are taught a particular subject
SYN class American English:
Lessons start at 9 o'clock.
French/physics/art etc lesson
I’ve got a double maths lesson next.
lesson in/on
Andrew gives private lessons in Spanish.
3. EXPERIENCE something that provides experience or information that you can learn from and use
learn a lesson (=gain useful experience or information)
There were important lessons to be learned from these discoveries.
The government has failed to learn the lessons of history.
lesson to
The men’s courage and faith is a lesson to us all.
Now let that be a lesson to you all (=be careful to avoid having the same bad experience again).
Her fate should be a salutary lesson (=one that teaches or warns you about something).
4. BOOK a part of a book that is used for learning a particular subject, especially in school:
Turn to lesson 25.
5. CHURCH a short piece that is read from the Bible during a religious ceremony
⇨ somebody has learned their lesson at learn(5), ⇨ teach somebody a lesson at teach(6)
■ verbs
▪take lessons He started taking piano lessons at age four.
▪have lessons I have swimming lessons on Friday.
▪go to a lesson (also attend a lesson formal) I have to go to my French lesson now.
▪give lessons (=teach lessons) She made a living giving private lessons in English.
▪prepare a lesson The teachers spend a long time preparing their lessons.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lesson
▪a history/physics/maths etc lesson I've got a history lesson this afternoon.
▪a driving/swimming etc lesson Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my birthday present.
▪a piano/guitar etc lesson I'd just started classical guitar lessons.
▪a private lesson (=a lesson specially for one person rather than for a class) He gave private lessons in mathematics at the weekends.
les‧son S2 W3 /ˈlesən/
noun [countable] Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: leçon, from Latin lectio 'act of reading', from legere; ⇨ legend
1. LEARNING A SKILL a period of time in which someone is taught a particular skill, for example how to play a musical instrument or drive a car:Language: Old French
Origin: leçon, from Latin lectio 'act of reading', from legere; ⇨ legend
have/take lessons
lesson in/on
2. IN SCHOOL British English a period of time in which school students are taught a particular subject
SYN class American English:
French/physics/art etc lesson
lesson in/on
3. EXPERIENCE something that provides experience or information that you can learn from and use
learn a lesson (=gain useful experience or information)
lesson to
4. BOOK a part of a book that is used for learning a particular subject, especially in school:
5. CHURCH a short piece that is read from the Bible during a religious ceremony
⇨ somebody has learned their lesson at learn(5), ⇨ teach somebody a lesson at teach(6)
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Learning 学习
acquire/get/lack (an) education/training/( (some) qualificationsBrE 获得／缺少教育／培训／资格 receive/provide sb with training/tuition得到／给某人提供培训／指导 develop/design/plan a curriculum/( course/especially
BrE ( program/syllabusNAmE 制订课程方案／教学大纲 give/go to/attend a class/lesson/lecture/seminar讲课；上课；举办／参加／出席研讨会 hold/run/conduct a class/seminar/workshop办班；举办研讨会／讲习班 sign up for/take a course/classes/lessons报名参加／修读课程
School 学校
go to/start preschool/kindergarten/nursery school上学前班／幼儿园／托儿所 be in the first, second, etc. ( grade/NAmE ( year (at school)especially
BrE 在读一年级、二年级等 study/take/drop history/chemistry/German, etc.修读／放弃修历史课／化学课／德语课等 ( BrE leave/finish/drop out of/ ( NAmE quit school离校；完成学业；辍学；退学 ( NAmE graduate high school/college高中／大学毕业
Problems at school 在学校遇到的问题
be the victim/target of bullying成为被欺负的受害者／对象 ( BrE play truant from/ ( both
BrE bunk off/skive off school (= not go to school when you should)逃学 ( both especially
NAmE skip/cut class/school逃课；逃学 ( BrE cheat in/( NAmE cheat on an exam/a test考试作弊 get/be given a detention (for doing sth)（因做了某事）被罚放学后留校 be expelled from/be suspended from school被学校开除／暂时停学
Work and exams 功课和考试
do your homework/( revision/a project on sthBrE 做家庭作业；复习功课；对…做专题研究 work on/write/do/submit an essay/a dissertation/a thesis/an assignment/( a paperNAmE 写／提交文章／学位论文／毕业论文／作业／论文 finish/complete your dissertation/thesis/studies/coursework完成学位论文／毕业论文／学业／课程作业 hand in/ ( NAmE turn in your homework/essay/assignment/paper提交家庭作业／文章／作业／论文 study/prepare/ ( BrE revise/ ( NAmE review/ ( NAmE cram for a test/an exam为应考而学习／准备／复习／临时死记硬背 take/ ( both
BrE do/sit a test/an exam参加考试 ( especially
BrE mark/ ( especially
NAmE grade homework/a test给作业／考试打分 ( BrE do well in/ ( NAmE do well on/ ( especially
NAmE ace a test/an exam在考试中取得好成绩 pass/fail/ ( especially
NAmE flunk a test/an exam/a class/a course/a subject测验／考试／课程／学科及格／不及格
University 大学
apply to/get into/go to/start college/( universityBrE 申请／上／开始上大学 leave/graduate from law school/college/( university (with a degree in computer science)BrE 离开／毕业于法学院；离开大学；大学毕业（取得计算机科学的学位） study for/take/ ( BrE do/complete a law degree/a degree in physics攻读／读完法学学位／物理学位课程 ( both
NAmE major/minor in biology/philosophy主修／辅修生物学／哲学 earn/receive/be awarded/get/have/hold a master's degree/a bachelor's degree/a PhD in economics获得／被授予／拿到／拥有经济学硕士学位／学士学位／博士学位
