英语词汇par for the course的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	par for the course
词源	par for the course. Par is an American golfing term dating back to 1898 and deriving from the Latin par, “equal.” It means the score an expert is expected to make on a hole or course, playing in ordinary weather without errors. The expression par for the course, meaning just about normal or what one might have expected, owes its life to the golfing term and dates back to about 1920.
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