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| 1 | C a competition that decides who is the fastest at doing something （比试速度的）赛跑，比赛 |
| training for a big race 大赛前的训练 |
| a close/difficult/tough race 势均力敌的/艰难的/艰苦的比赛 |
| win/lose a race Marlene needs to win the last race to retain her title. 马琳必须赢得最后一场比赛才能保住她的冠军头衔。 |
| | 1a | a competition in which a person , organization , business , or country tries to win something or be the first to do something 竞赛；比赛 | | +for There are three main candidates in the race for the presidency. 有3位主要候选人竞选总统。 | | a race to do sth We are losing the race to find a cure for AIDS. 在研制治疗艾滋病药物的竞赛中，我们落后了。 | | the race is on (=it has started) The race is on to save one of the country’ s most endangered species. （某事）已经开始了 | |
| | 1b | a competition in which it is obvious who will win 结果明朗的比赛 | | The championship is looking increasingly like a one-horse race. 谁是冠军得主看来越来越明朗了。 | |
| | 1c | plural a series of horse races 赛马会；赛马 | | We always enjoy a day at the races. 我们总是喜欢观看赛马会上一天的角逐。 | | York Races 约克赛马会 | |
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| 2 | C/U a group of people who are similar because they have the same skin colour or other physical features 人种；种族 |
| We do not discriminate on the basis of race or gender. 我们不搞种族和性别歧视。 |
| | 2a | a group of people who are similar because they speak the same language or have the same history or customs 民族 | |
| | 2b | all the people in the world when considered as a single group 人类 | |
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| 3 | C science a group of animals or plants that are similar to each other . A race of animals or plants is smaller than a species . （动植物的）属 |
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| - | a race against time
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| a situation in which someone must do or finish something very quickly because they only have a limited amount of time to do it |
| 和时间的赛跑；赶时间；抢时间 |
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| With only two days before the election, they find themselves in a race against time. 离选举只有两天了，他们觉得自己正在和时间赛跑。 |
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