les·son
noun/ˈlesn/
/ˈlesn/
Idioms - a period of time in which somebody is taught something
一节课；一课时 - She gives piano lessons.
她教授钢琴课。 - I’m having driving lessons.
我在学开车。 - lesson in something He took lessons in Thai cookery.
他上过泰国菜烹饪课。 - lesson on something a history lesson on the Roman Empire
关于罗马帝国的历史课 - lesson with somebody Beethoven's lessons with Haydn continued until 1794.
贝多芬对海顿的指导一直持续到 1794 年。 - lesson from somebody His parents paid for lessons from local dance teachers.
他的父母支付了当地舞蹈老师的学费。 - lesson for somebody Lessons for beginners can be arranged.
可以为初学者安排课程。 - (especially British English) Our first lesson on Tuesdays is French.
我们星期二的第一节课是法语。 - (especially British English) What did we do last lesson?
我们上节课学了什么内容？
Collocations EducationEducationLearning- acquire/get/lack (an) education/training/(British English) (some) qualifications
- receive/provide somebody with training/tuition
- develop/design/plan a curriculum/(especially British English) course/(North American English) program/syllabus
- give/go to/attend a class/lesson/lecture/seminar
- hold/run/conduct a class/seminar/workshop
- sign up for/take a course/classes/lessons
- go to/start preschool/kindergarten/nursery school
- be in the first, second, etc. (North American English) grade/(especially British English) year (at school)
- study/take/drop history/chemistry/German, etc.
- (British English) leave/finish/drop out of/ (North American English) quit school
- (North American English) graduate high school/college
- be the victim/target of bullying
- (British English) play truant from/ (both British English, informal) bunk off/skive off school (= not go to school when you should)
- (both especially North American English) skip/cut class/school
- (British English) cheat in/(North American English) cheat on an exam/a test
- get/be given a detention (for doing something)
- be expelled from/be suspended from school
- do your homework/(British English) revision/a project on something
- work on/write/do/submit an essay/a dissertation/a thesis/an assignment/(North American English) a paper
- finish/complete your dissertation/thesis/studies/coursework
- hand in/ (North American English) turn in your homework/essay/assignment/paper
- study/prepare/ (British English) revise/ (North American English) review/ (North American English, informal) cram for a test/an exam
- take/ (both British English) do/sit a test/an exam
- (especially British English) mark/ (especially North American English) grade homework/a test
- (British English) do well in/ (North American English) do well on/ (informal, especially North American English) ace a test/an exam
- pass/fail/ (informal, especially North American English) flunk a test/an exam/a class/a course/a subject
- apply to/get into/go to/start college/(British English) university
- leave/graduate from law school/college/(British English) university (with a degree in computer science)
- study for/take/ (British English) do/complete a law degree/a degree in physics
- (both North American English) major/minor in biology/philosophy
- earn/receive/be awarded/get/have/hold a master’s degree/a bachelor’s degree/a PhD in economics
Homophones lessen | lessonlessen lesson/ˈlesn//ˈlesn/- lessen verb
- The aim is to lessen the impact of farming practices on the environment.
目的是减少农业实践对环境的影响。
- The aim is to lessen the impact of farming practices on the environment.
- lesson noun
- I have a guitar lesson after school today.
今天放学后我有吉他课。
- I have a guitar lesson after school today.
Extra Examples- All new students are given lessons in how to use the library.
所有新生都会接受如何使用图书馆的课程。 - He got into trouble for skipping lessons.
他因为逃课有了麻烦。 - I go to Italian lessons at the local college.
我在当地的大学上意大利语课。 - I had to take a biology lesson this afternoon because the biology teacher was away.
因为生物课老师不在，所以下午我替他上了一次课。 - No talking was allowed during the lesson.
上课不许交头接耳。 - Pupils get lessons on how to organize their study time.
小学生要上如何安排学习时间的课。 - She gives singing lessons.
她教唱歌课。 - She started guitar lessons at the age of 38.
她 38 岁开始上吉他课。 - She was preparing a lesson plan for a class she was teaching.
她正在为所教的一堂课准备教案。 - The trouble is that teachers don't prepare their lessons carefully enough.
问题在于老师备课不够仔细。 - They have a lesson with Mrs Evans at two o'clock.
他们两点钟有埃文斯夫人的课。 - They're offering free lessons in computing.
他们提供免费计算机课程。 - We had a history lesson followed by a double maths lesson.
我们先上了一节历史课，然后上了两节数学课。 - You can't expect to learn all there is to know about the subject in a 45-minute lesson.
你不能指望在 45 分钟的一节课上就学到这个科目的所有知识。 - I have a piano lesson after school today.
今天放学后我有钢琴课。 - I've decided to take golf lessons.
我决定上高尔夫球课。 - She made a living giving private lessons in English.
她以做英语家教为生。 - We've got a lesson with Mr Jones this afternoon.
今天下午我们有琼斯先生的课。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- interesting
- boring
- …
- attend
- go to
- have
- …
- plan
- during a/the lesson
- in a/the lesson
- lesson about
- …
- She gives piano lessons.
- something that is intended to be learned
课；教学单元 - The coursebook is divided into 30 lessons.
这本教科书分为 30 课。 - lesson on something Other countries can teach us a lesson or two on industrial policy.
其他国家的工业政策，我们可以借鉴一二。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- big
- good
- …
- draw
- learn
- teach somebody
- …
- lesson from
- lesson in
- lesson of
- …
- The coursebook is divided into 30 lessons.
- an experience, especially an unpleasant one, that somebody can learn from so that it does not happen again in the future
经验；教训 - The accident taught me a lesson I'll never forget.
那事故给我的教训我永远也不会忘记。 - They decided to teach him a lesson (= punish him) for telling lies about them.
他们决定给他一个教训（=惩罚他），因为他对他们撒了谎。 - There are lessons to be learned from this mistake.
从这个错误中可以吸取教训。 - It is dangerous to ignore the lessons of history.
忽视历史教训是危险的。 - lesson to somebody Let that be a lesson to you (= so that you do not make the same mistake again).
你要以此为鉴。 - Their openness was a terrific lesson to me.
他们的开放态度给我上了很好的一课。 - lesson on/about something The film offers an important lesson on the value of friendship.
这部电影是关于友情价值的重要一课。 - lesson on/about doing something That's one of the lessons about being in a relationship that I hope not to forget.
这是我希望不要忘记的关于恋爱关系的教训之一。 - lesson in something He said that the election results were a lesson in humility for the party.
他说，选举结果对党来说是一个谦虚的教训。 - lesson in doing something This experience has provided many valuable lessons in caring for the marine habitat.
这一经验为保护海洋栖息地提供了许多宝贵的教训。 - lesson for somebody The lesson for the leaders of Western governments is clear.
西方政府领导人的教训是显而易见的。
Extra Examples- What lessons can we draw from this?
我们可以从中吸取什么教训？ - We are still absorbing the harsh lessons of this disaster.
我们仍在吸取这场灾难的惨痛教训。 - It was a lesson not lost on (= learned well by) the team manager.
这是团队经理没有忘记（=学得很好）的一课。 - It's a hard lesson to learn.
这是一个应该吸取的沉痛教训。 - It taught me some valuable lessons about working with other people.
它给了我一些与人合作的宝贵经验。 - It is dangerous to ignore the lessons of the past.
忽视过去的教训是危险的。 - I learned a lesson in harsh economics when I was made redundant.
我遭到了裁退，上了关于经济残酷一面的一课。 - I had learned a lesson in respecting the privacy of others.
我得到了一次教训：应该尊重他人隐私。 - a salutary lesson in the pitfalls facing those responsible for transport policy
关于交通政策负责人面临的陷阱的有益教训
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- big
- good
- …
- draw
- learn
- teach somebody
- …
- lesson from
- lesson in
- lesson of
- …
- The accident taught me a lesson I'll never forget.
- (old-fashioned) a passage from the Bible that is read to people during a church service in the Church of England
（英国国教会教堂礼拜中的）《圣经》选读 - The first lesson is taken from St John’s Gospel.
第一段圣经选自《约翰福音》。
- The first lesson is taken from St John’s Gospel.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French leçon, from Latin lectio ‘choosing, reading’, from the verb legere.
Idioms
learn your lesson
- to learn what to do or not to do in the future because you have had a bad experience in the past
吸取教训