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
见 resistance
派生 pathless adjective 语源
Old English pæth, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pad, German Pfad, of unknown ultimate origin