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| 1 | C an activity that you do for fun that has rules, and that you can win or lose 游戏 |
| Monopoly is a game for all the family. “大富翁”游戏是全家人都可以玩的游戏。 |
| ball/card/board/party game Do you know any good party games? 你知道一些适合聚会时玩的游戏吗？ |
| computer/video game The kids all love playing computer games. 孩子们都喜欢玩电脑游戏。 |
| | 1a | an activity that children do for fun that may not have rules or a winner 嬉戏；玩耍；玩乐 | | The children were playing noisy games in the garden. 孩子们正在院子里叽叽喳喳地玩耍。 | |
| | 1b | an activity , especially one in which you gamble money , that depends on luck rather than skill 赌博 | |
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| 2 | C usually singular a type of sport 运动（项目） |
| They take the game of cricket very seriously here. 在这里他们非常重视板球运动。 |
| | 2a | the way that someone plays a sport 比赛方式；比赛技巧 | | He has trained hard to improve his game. 他一直刻苦训练，以提高运动技能。 | | the English/Italian etc game (=the way a sport, usually football, is played in England, Italy etc) Hard tackling is part of the English game. 英式打法/意大利式打法等 | |
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| 3 | C a particular event in which people take part in a competition 比赛；游戏 |
| He won the money in a poker game. 在扑克牌游戏中他赢得了那笔钱。 |
| Are you going to watch the game on TV tonight? 今晚你会看电视上播放的比赛吗？ |
| +of Let’ s have a game of volleyball. 我们来打场排球赛吧。 |
| | 3a | one of the series of separate parts that make up a particular event in some sports, such as tennis （网球等比赛的）一局，一场 | | He won the first set 6 games to 4. 他以6比4赢了第一盘。 | |
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| 4 | games plural an organized event where people from many countries compete in different sports such as running , jumping, and swimming 运动会 |
| the Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会 |
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| 5 | games singular BRITISH organized sports that children play at school （孩子们在学校进行的有组织的）游戏活动 |
| Miss Plumtree takes us for games. 普卢姆特里小姐带我们玩游戏。 |
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| 6 | C an activity or situation that someone seems to be treating less seriously than it should be treated 儿戏；玩笑 |
| Marriage is just a game to them. 婚姻对他们来讲不过是儿戏。 |
| They are playing political games with people’ s safety. 他们简直是拿人们的安全玩政治游戏。 |
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| 7 | C usually singular an activity or type of work that is like a game , for example because it has rules that you must follow 行业；行当 |
| In this business, you have to know the rules of the game. 在这一行，你就得知道这一行的规矩。 |
| He worked in the building game all his life. 他在建筑行业干了一辈子。 |
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| 8 | U wild animals, birds, and fish that people hunt , usually for food 猎物 |
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| - | ahead of the game
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| in a situation that is likely to lead to success as the result of good planning , advice , luck etc |
| 处于有利地位；领先 |
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| - | all part of the game
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| a normal part of a particular activity |
| （某一类活动的）共性 |
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| For teachers, being unpopular is all part of the game. 对教师来说，不受欢迎是这一职业的共性。 |
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| - | beat/play sb at their own game
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| to do better at an activity than someone who has a reputation for being very good at it |
| 在某人擅长的领域胜过某人 |
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| Hollywood did not enjoy being beaten by the British at its own game. 好莱坞可不喜欢在它自己所擅长的领域输给英国人。 |
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| - | the game is up spoken
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| used for saying that the truth has been discovered, especially when someone has been doing something wrong and will have to stop |
| （尤指某人做了错事并不得不收场时）完蛋了，事已败露 |
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| - | give the game away
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| to let people know a secret or surprise when you did not want or intend to let them know |
| 泄露秘密；露马脚 |
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| The expression on her face gave the game away. 她脸上的表情泄露了秘密。 |
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| - | on the game informal
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| working as a prostitutesomeone who has sex for money |
| 当妓女；卖淫 |
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| - | the only game in town mainly AMERICAN
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| the only thing of a particular type available |
| 唯一可用的东西 |
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| At that hour, the hotel bar was the only game in town. 在那个时候，旅馆里的酒吧是唯一营业的地方。 |
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| - | what’ s your/his/her game? spoken
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| used for asking someone what their true intentions are when you think they are not being honest |
| 你/他/她到底是什么意思？ |
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| See also | | - board game | | - fair game | | - ball game | | - name 1 | |
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