"take its course" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 顺其自然
• 任其发展

Definition

指让事情自然发展，不人为干预或阻止。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于指生病、治愈或需要时间的过程。表达顺其自然或不干涉的态度，既可正式也可口语中使用。类似“顺其自然”，但更强调不插手发展的过程。

Examples

Sometimes you just have to let the situation take its course.

有时候你只能让事情**顺其自然**。

They decided to let the river project take its course.

他们决定让河流工程**顺其自然**。

The doctor told us to let the illness take its course.

医生让我们让病情**顺其自然**。

You can’t control everything—sometimes, life just has to take its course.

你无法掌控一切——有时候，生活只能**顺其自然**。

Let the relationship take its course and see what happens.

让感情**顺其自然**，看看会发生什么。

We did our best—now all we can do is wait and let things take their course.

我们已经尽力了——现在只能等待，让事情**顺其自然**。