path

path
(pl. paths )
  1. a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading
    (用于步行或走出来的)路;小路,小径
    ■[with modifier]such a way or track designed for a particular purpose
    (有专门用途的)路,道
    cycle path.
    自行车道。
    ■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燃烧的轨迹。
    a chosen career path.
    一条选定的职业发展道路。
    ■a course of action or conduct
    (动作或行为的)道路,途径
    adoption of the recommendation is now seen as the best path towards a settlement of the dispute.
    接受这个建议现在看来是解决争端的最好途径。
    ■(Computing)a definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program
    (计算机)路径
    ■a schedule available for allocation to an individual railway train over a given route
    列车时刻表
常用词组
the path of least resistance
  1. 见 resistance
派生
pathless
adjective
语源
  1. Old English pæth, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pad, German Pfad, of unknown ultimate origin
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