1 N-COUNT 游戏;运动;比赛(项目) A game is an activity or sport usually involving skill, knowledge, or chance, in which you follow fixed rules and try to win against an opponent or to solve a puzzle. 游戏;运动;比赛(项目)
SYN pastime, sport, activity, entertainment
2 N-COUNT (一场)游戏,比赛 A game is one particular occasion on which a game is played. (一场)游戏,比赛
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It was the first game of the season.
这是本赛季的首场比赛。
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He regularly watched our games from the stands.
他一般在看台上观看我们的比赛。
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We won three games against Australia.
我们赢了3场对澳大利亚的比赛。
SYN match, meeting, event, competition
3 N-COUNT (网球、桥牌等比赛中的)一局,一盘,一场 A game is a part of a match, for example in tennis or bridge, consisting of a fixed number of points. (网球、桥牌等比赛中的)一局,一盘,一场
4 N-PLURAL 运动会 Games are an organized event in which competitions in several sports take place. 运动会
5 N-PLURAL (学校的)体育课,体育活动 Games are organized sports activities that children do at school. (学校的)体育课,体育活动 [British]
6 N-SING [usually poss NOUN] (某人比赛或游戏时的)手法,技巧,风格 Someone's game is the degree of skill or the style that they use when playing a particular game. (某人比赛或游戏时的)手法,技巧,风格
7 N-COUNT 玩笑;儿戏;不认真对待的事情 You can describe a situation that you do not treat seriously as a game . 玩笑;儿戏;不认真对待的事情
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Many people regard life as a game: you win some, you lose some.
许多人视人生如同一场游戏:有输也有赢。
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It's a cat-and-mouse game to him, and I'm the mouse.
在他看来,这是个猫捉老鼠的把戏,而我就是老鼠。
SYN amusement, joke, entertainment, diversion
8 N-COUNT 策略;计谋;诡计 You can use game to describe a way of behaving in which a person uses a particular plan, usually in order to gain an advantage for himself or herself. 策略;计谋;诡计
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When the uncertainties become greater than the certainties, we end up in a game of bluff.
情况愈发难以确定,我们最终陷入一个唬人的把戏中。
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Until now, the Americans have been playing a very delicate political game.
直到现在,美国人一直玩着精心设计的政治把戏。
9 N-UNCOUNT 猎物;野味 Wild animals or birds that are hunted for sport and sometimes cooked and eaten are referred to as game . 猎物;野味
SYN wild animals or birds, chase, prey, quarry
10 ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ, oft ADJ to-infinitive] 甘愿尝试(新鲜或不平常事物)的;有冒险精神的 If you are game for something, you are willing to do something new, unusual, or risky. 甘愿尝试(新鲜或不平常事物)的;有冒险精神的
SYN willing, prepared, ready, keen
12 PHRASE 泄露秘密;露马脚;露馅 If someone or something gives the game away, they reveal a secret or reveal their feelings, and this puts them at a disadvantage. 泄露秘密;露马脚;露馅
13 PHRASE 对…不了解;缺乏经验 If you are new to a particular game, you have not done a particular activity or been in a particular situation before. 对…不了解;缺乏经验
14 PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE] 卖淫;当妓女(或“鸭子”) If a man or woman is on the game, he or she is working as a prostitute. 卖淫;当妓女(或“鸭子”) [British, informal]
15 PHRASE 将计就计;以其人之道还治其人之身 If you beat someone at their own game, you use the same methods that they have used, but more successfully, so that you gain an advantage over them. 将计就计;以其人之道还治其人之身
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He must anticipate the maneuvers of the other lawyers and beat them at their own game.
他必须预见到其他律师的策略,并以其人之道还治其人之身,从而打败他们。
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The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game.
警方清楚他们必须将计就计才能逮住那个杀人凶手。
16 PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE] (某种情况下)常有的事,司空见惯的事 If you say that something is all part of the game, you are telling someone not to be surprised or upset by something, because it is a normal part of the situation that they are in. (某种情况下)常有的事,司空见惯的事
17 PHRASE 不认真对待;耍花招;玩把戏 If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them. 不认真对待;耍花招;玩把戏 [disapproval]
18 PHRASE (通常在压力下)开始更好表现,干得更出色 If you say that someone has raised their game, you mean that they have begun to perform better, usually because they were under pressure to do so. (通常在压力下)开始更好表现,干得更出色
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The world No. 9 had to raise his game to see off a strong challenge from Dale.
这位世界排名第九的选手必须有更出色的表现才能击退戴尔强有力的挑战。
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As it expands its services around the continent, the competition it offers should force the other airlines to raise their game.
这家航空公司在整个大陆拓展业务所带来的竞争会迫使其他航空公司有更好的表现。
19 PHRASE 戏该收场了,别再演戏了(指所从事的秘密计划或活动被揭穿) If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed. 戏该收场了,别再演戏了(指所从事的秘密计划或活动被揭穿)
Quotations
Play for more than you can afford to lose, and you will learn the game Winston Churchill
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity Montaigne Essais
Die: the singular of `dice'. We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, `Never say die.' Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary
I am sorry I have not learned to play at cards. It is very useful in life; it generates kindness and consolidates society Dr. Johnson
It's just a game - baseball - an amusement, a marginal thing, not an art, not a consequential metaphor for life, not a public trust Richard Ford Stop Blaming Baseball
Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously Quentin Crisp Manners From Heaven
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