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| 1 | a group of teams or players who regularly compete against one another , put in order according to how many points they have won （参赛运动队的）俱乐部联合会 |
| the Italian first-division football league 意大利足球甲级联赛 |
| be top/bottom of the league Aston Villa are top of the league again. 阿斯顿维拉队再次占据联赛榜首的位置。 |
| league champions/leaders 联赛冠军/联合会领导人 |
| | 1a | a list of organizations, places etc put in order according to how good they are in some way 排序单；排名表 | | a league of Europe’ s cleanest beaches 欧洲最洁净沙滩的排名表 | | schools which are top of the performance league 成绩名列前茅的学校 | |
| | 1b | relating to the football league in Britain （英国）足球联赛的 | | league match/game/cup 足球联赛/足球联赛中的一场比赛/联赛杯 | |
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| 2 | a group of people or things that are similar in their quality , skills, or achievements 才能水平、技术、成就相近的一批人；质量相似的一批东西 |
| not be in the same league as sb/sth He’ s not bad, but he’ s not in the same league as the others. 他不差，但他的水平不如其他人。 |
| be in a different league from sb/sth (=be much better) If you ask me, Soderberg’ s in a different league from most Hollywood film directors. 比某人/某物好得多 |
| be in a league of your own (=be much better than the rest) She’ s always been in a league of her own. 比其他人优秀得多 |
| be out of sb’ s league (=too good/difficult/expensive etc for sb) She’ ll never go out with someone like you: she’ s way out of your league. 对某人来说太好/太难/太昂贵等 |
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| 3 | a group of people , organizations, or countries that have joined together because they have the same interests or aims 联盟；同盟 |
| the League of Nations 国际联盟 |
| They agreed to form a league for independence. 他们同意为争取独立而结成联盟。 |
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| 4 | an old unit for measuring distance , equal to about five kilometres 里格（旧时长度单位，约等于5公里） |
| PHRASE |
| - | be in league with sb
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| to be secretly working together with someone , especially in order to do something bad |
| 与某人暗中合谋；（尤指）同某人私下勾结 |
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