每日一词 iconic

adj. 偶像的，标志性的

在一些语境下可替换important, famous, impressive. 即可以形容人也可以形容物。

造句参考：Nike is an iconic brand.

Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman.

翻译：Tom Cruise has played many iconic roles in his 40 year's career.

翻译参考：Over the course of his nearly four-decade career, Tom Cruise has played many iconic characters.

course ［singular〕过程，进程

during the course of；in the course of；throughout the course of；over the course of 在……的过程中

Over the course of the next few years, the steel industry was reorganized.

in the course of doing sth

In the course of researching customer needs, we discovered how few families has adequate life insurance.