大学英语：current n. （空气，水等的）流，潮流；电流

　　The child had been swept away by the current.（孩子被水流卷走了。）

　　A steady current of heated air rose from the mountain top.　（一股热气从山顶源源不断升起。）

　　There was a powerful electric current running through the wires.　（一股强大的电流流过电线。）

　　Mass media influence the current of public opinion.（大众传媒影响舆论的倾向。）

　　Give me a current issue of Reader's Digest.（给我一本最近一期的读者文摘。）

　　A long time ago, it was a current belief that the earth was flat.　（很久以前，人们普遍相信地球是扁平。）

　　the main current　主流　　　　　　a warm current 暖流

　　an alternating current　交流电　　　a direct current　直流电

　　current events　时事　　　　　　 current situation　当前形势