goal
/gəʊl/noun
1
- (in football, rugby, hockey, and some other games) a pair of posts linked by a crossbar and typically with a net between, forming a space into or over which the ball has to be sent in order to score（足球、橄榄球、曲棍球及其他比赛中的）球门。
1.1
- an instance of sending the ball into or over this space, especially as a unit of scoring in a game进球（尤指得分）：
the decisive opening goal
决定性的开赛进球
we won by three goals to two.
我们以3比2获胜。
1.2
- a cage or basket used similarly in other sports（其他运动中类似球门的）笼（或篮）。
2
- the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result（人进取或努力的）目标; 目的; 期望的结果：
playing for Scotland has become the most important goal in his life.
为苏格兰踢球已成为他一生最重要的目标。
2.1
- the destination of a journey（旅行的）目的地：
the aircraft bumped towards our goal some 400 miles to the west.
飞机向西约400英里处我们的目的地颠簸飞行。
2.2
- poetic/literary a point marking the end of a race〈诗/文〉（赛跑的）终点。
短语
in goal
- in the position of goalkeeper处于守门员的位置。
派生词
goalless
adjective词源
Middle English （in the sense 'limit, boundary'）： of unknown origin.