path /pɑːθ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A path is a long strip of ground that people walk along to get from one place to another. 小径

  例：

  We followed the path along the clifftops.

  我们沿着悬崖顶的小径行进。

  例：

  Feet had worn a path in the rock.

  脚步已在岩石里踏出一条小径。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Your path is the space ahead of you as you move along. (前面的) 道路

  例：

  A group of reporters blocked his path.

  一群记者堵住了他的路。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The path of something is the line that it moves along in a particular direction. 路线; 轨道

  例：

  He stepped without looking into the path of a reversing car.

  他一步迈了出去，连看都没看一眼一辆正在倒车的汽车。

  例：

  ...people who live near airports or under the flight path of aeroplanes.

  …住在机场附近或者飞机的飞行线路下面的人们。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A path that you take is a particular course of action or way of achieving something. 行动路线; 途径

  例：

  They appear to have chosen the path of cooperation rather than confrontation.

  他们好像选择了合作而不是对抗的行动路线。