1A way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading.

1. 1.1 The course or direction in which a person or thing is moving.
   路线，路径
   the missile traced a fiery path in the sky

   导弹在天空中留下一道火红的轨迹。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It looks like it's probably going to make a direct path over that island.
   • Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing the Gulf Coast area, doing everything they can to get out of the hurricane's path.
   • In fact, the only way to get Papa to stop was to stand directly in his path and wave your arms up and down like Icarus diving off the cliff.
   • The Conference Board survey suggests that strategic business management does not loom large in the career paths of security directors.
   • There are certainly more direct paths one can take to a career in theatre, but an unconventional one can produce unique artistic fruit.
   • The upward track of the bullet's path through the heart was evident at autopsy.
   • Because the two gamma rays are emitted simultaneously and in different directions, their paths can be traced back to locate the emitting atom precisely at the point of crossing.
   • It came right at me, but His love so overwhelmed me that I was incapable of moving out of its path.
   • This nearly polar orbit is designed such that the spacecraft's orbital path moves at the same apparent rate as the Sun.
   • Why would anyone choose to build directly in the path of a potential avalanche?
   • Ranked against him are the hideous shades of the Inquisition and directly in his path is his unloving, tyrannical father, the King.
   • Though many Montrealers enjoy proving their mettle cycling through traffic, cycling paths are available for recreational purposes.
   • This way, viewers are able to track the storm's path, along with our weather team.
   • Homes and businesses are gone as we continue to track the hurricane's path.
   • Put me directly in the path of the gulf stream and I won't use all that wasteful energy heating my house either.
   • And they are hoping to see hundreds of people who are either unemployed or fed up and looking for a change of direction in their career path.
   • Flight 77's path was hard to track since its transponder had been turned off.
   • Still, it was your stupid fault; maybe next time you'll think before swinging into the path of a heavy moving object, huh?
   • They may not take a direct path, but somehow they reach their dreams.
   • The tests mimic the effect of a 40 km/h impact with a pedestrian moving laterally across the path of the car.
   • Now green frogs, mice and other wildlife can continue their path alongside the stream.

   Synonyms

   route, way, course, approach, road

   direction, bearing, line, track, beat, round, run

   orbit, trajectory
2. 1.2 A course of action or way of achieving a specified result.
   a chosen career path

   〈喻〉一条选定的职业发展道路。

   a vegetarian diet could be the path to a longer life

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Since then, differences over ministry have led organizations to look instead for other paths toward unity.
   • This will steadily move the company on the path to achieving its vision of becoming the first choice general insurer for India.
   • People will buy into a plan if the goals are specific and the path to achieving them is credible and clearly explained.
   • So think long and hard before you decide whether to take the path toward truth or untruth.
   • With God we are moving along on a path toward meaning, renewal, and salvation.
   • Make sure you call out the specific changes in a modular way to show developers a path for building your designs.
   • Leaders in these countries may select different policy paths to achieve that security.
   • One project in particular planted him firmly on the path to sustainable design.
   • Having gone through different phases of an economic experiment, all three models are finally moving toward the path of a free economy.
   • The great leader Mahatma Gandhi once said there is no path to peace.
   • Consequently it is held that this allows the economy to move along the path of stable economic growth.
   • So the Tourist Board seems well on the path to achieving its new objective.
   • Rarely, if ever, do economic sanctions follow such presumed paths and achieve their intended goal quickly.
   • It should be clear that neither offer a path toward rebuilding the foundation for future economic growth.
   • Army Intelligence is already moving out on the path to achieve this.
   • It instead says it is moving along its own path toward democracy and the framing of a constitution which has been in progress for more than a decade.
   • Instead, I said, let us coexist and proceed on the path toward unification.
   • Therefore, we also learn to accept others and all living beings on the path toward liberation.
   • The harsh discipline of the free market was offered by conservatives as more than just a path toward greater prosperity.
   • The Government is committed to achieving full employment at high wages, and it is well down the path to achieving that.

   Synonyms

   course of action, route, road, avenue, procedure, direction, line, approach, tack, method, system, scheme, strategy, tactic, plan, formula
3. 1.3 A schedule available for allocation to an individual railway train over a given route.
   通勤火车时刻表
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Meanwhile, we are talking to Network Rail about train paths to Leeds.
   • They want enough train paths allocated to service the huge volume of freight traffic which uses the WCM.
   • Fifteen potential north-south rail paths were studied before selection of a preferred route east of Quihi that crosses seven roads and six waterways.
4. 1.4Computing A definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program.
   〔计算机〕路径
   Example sentencesExamples

   • You still see the error messages on the screen but not the path of the file you're looking for.
   • You can configure extra paths to search for pixmaps and icons.
   • The first line indicates to the server that you wish to rewrite certain file paths.
   • In this case the file name and path must be known, so only programs in default locations can reasonably be activated.
   • Highlight the complete path and file name using your mouse.

(chiefly in computing and railway contexts) allocate a path.