• n. 論述；談話；演講
• vi. 演說；談?wù)摚恢v述
• vt. 說出；演奏出

dis-, 分開，散開。course, 跑，跑道。原指談話，全面的了解，后用來指論文，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)。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Other forms of discourse have successfully been decoupled from politics.

其他的話語形式已經(jīng)成功地與政治分離開來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. a discourse on issues of gender and sexuality

關(guān)于性別和性行為的論文

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. She embarked on a discourse about the town's origins.

她開始講本市的起源.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. We'll discourse on the subject tonight.

我們今晚要談?wù)撨@個問題.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》