lesson

英 [ˈlesn]

美 [ˈlesn]

n. 一节课; 一课时; 课; 教学单元; 经验; 教训

复数：lessons　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1953 / COCA.1325

习惯用语

learn your lesson

吸取教训
to learn what to do or not to do in the future because you have had a bad experience in the past

noun

一节课；一课时
a period of time in which sb is taught sth
1. She gives piano lessons.
  她教授钢琴课。
2. All new students are given lessons in/on how to use the library.
  所有新生都要上如何利用图书馆的课。
3. I'm having/taking driving lessons.
  我在学开车。
4. Our first lesson on Tuesdays is French.
  我们星期二的第一节课是法语。
5. What did we do last lesson?
  我们上节课学了什么内容？
课；教学单元
something that is intended to be learned
1. The course book is divided into 30 lessons.
  这本教科书分为30课。
2. 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。
经验；教训
an experience, especially an unpleasant one, that sb can learn from so that it does not happen again in the future
1. a salutary lesson
  有益的教训
2. Let that be a lesson to you (= so that you do not make the same mistake again).
  你要以此为鉴。
3. The accident taught me a lesson I'll never forget.
  那事故给我的教训永远也不会忘记。
（教堂礼拜中的）《圣经》选读
a passage from the Bible that is read to people during a church service

N-COUNT 课程；一堂课
Alessonis a fixed period of time when people are taught about a particular subject or taught how to do something.
1. It would be his last French lesson for months...
  这将是他以后几个月里的最后一堂法语课。
2. Johanna took piano lessons.
  约翰娜上了钢琴课。
N-COUNT 教训；经验
You uselessonto refer to an experience which acts as a warning to you or an example from which you should learn.
1. There's still one lesson to be learned from the crisis—we all need to better understand the thinking of the other side.
  从这次危机中我们还可以吸取一个教训——我们都需要更好地了解对方的想法。
N-COUNT （教堂礼拜中的）《圣经》选读
In a church service, thelessonis a short piece of text which is read aloud from the bible.
1. The Rev. Nicola Judd read the lesson.
  尼古拉·贾德牧师选读了经文。

noun

a task assigned for individual study
1. he did the lesson for today
a unit of instruction
1. he took driving lessons
the significance of a story or event
1. the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor
Synonym:moral
punishment intended as a warning to others
1. they decided to make an example of him
Synonym:exampledeterrent exampleobject lesson

Almost the first lesson they learn is how to dissociate emotion from reason.
如何将理智和情感分开几乎可以说是他们所上的第一课。
This lesson is very easy.
这篇课文很浅。
Never forget this lesson.
永远不要忘记这个教训。
His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson
他的航海教练在一次训练课时从船上失足跌入水中，溺水身亡。
Perhaps the most important lesson to be learned is that you simply cannot please everyone
也许最应吸取的教训就是懂得众口难调。
This lesson is a continuation of our last lesson.
这课是上一课的延续部分。
The first lesson I learnt as a soldier was never to underestimate the enemy.
作为一名士兵，我学到的第一课就是决不要低估敌人。
He wanted to teach her a lesson for showing him up in front of Leonov
她在列昂诺夫面前让他难堪，他要教训她一通。
It was the quickest swimming lesson I'd ever witnessed.
这是我所见过的最速成的游泳课。
We must keep this lesson in mind.
我们要记住这个教训。