新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

lesson

英  [ˈlesən]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • lessons

    1[C 可数名词]

    A lesson is a fixed period of time when people are taught about a particular subject or taught how to do something.

    双语例句

    例:

    It would be his last French lesson for months.

    这将是他以后几个月里的最后一次法语课。

    2[C 可数名词] 教训

    You use lesson to refer to an experience which acts as a warning to you or an example from which you should learn.

    双语例句

    例:

    There's still one lesson to be learned from the crisis – we all need to better understand the thinking of the other side.

    从危机中还要吸取一个教训–我们都需要更好地理解对方的想法。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • teach someone a lesson

    1给某人一个教训

    If you say that you are going to teach someone a lesson, you mean that you are going to punish them for something that they have done so that they do not do it again.