Olympic Games
(亦作the Olympics)
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- a sports festival held every four years in different venues, instigated by the Frenchman Baron de Coubertin (1863-1937) in 1896. Athletes representing nearly 150 countries now compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals in more than twenty sports奥林匹克运动会（在不同地方举行的四年一次的体育运动盛会, 1896年由法国人顾拜旦男爵[1863-1937]发起, 如今有代表近150个国家的运动员在20多个项目上争夺金、银、铜奖牌）。
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- an ancient Greek festival with athletic, literary, and musical competitions held at Olympia every four years, traditionally from 776 BC until abolished by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in AD393古代奥林匹克运动会（古希腊体育、文学、音乐竞赛盛会, 每四年在奥林匹亚举行一次, 该传统自公元前776年开始, 延续至公元393年被罗马皇帝狄奥多西一世废除）。