1N-COUNT 游戏;运动;比赛(项目) A game is an activity or sport usually involving skill, knowledge, or chance, in which you follow fixed rules and try to win against an opponent or to solve a puzzle. 游戏;运动;比赛(项目)
3N-COUNT (网球、桥牌等比赛中的)一局,一盘,一场 A game is a part of a match, for example in tennis or bridge, consisting of a fixed number of points. (网球、桥牌等比赛中的)一局,一盘,一场
She won six games to love in the second set.
第二盘她以6比0获胜。
...the last three points of the second game.
第二局的最后3分
4N-PLURAL 运动会Games are an organized event in which competitions in several sports take place. 运动会
...the 2000 Olympic Games at Sydney.
2000年悉尼奥运会
5N-PLURAL (学校的)体育课,体育活动Games are organized sports activities that children do at school. (学校的)体育课,体育活动 [British]
At his grammar school he is remembered for being bad at games but good in debates.
在文法学校里,他因拙于体育但擅长辩论而让人印象深刻。
6N-SING [usually poss NOUN](某人比赛或游戏时的)手法,技巧,风格 Someone's game is the degree of skill or the style that they use when playing a particular game. (某人比赛或游戏时的)手法,技巧,风格
Once I was through the first set my game picked up.
我打完第一局之后就进入了状态。
7N-COUNT 玩笑;儿戏;不认真对待的事情 You can describe a situation that you do not treat seriously as a game . 玩笑;儿戏;不认真对待的事情
Many people regard life as a game: you win some, you lose some.
许多人视人生如同一场游戏:有输也有赢。
It's a cat-and-mouse game to him, and I'm the mouse.
8N-COUNT 策略;计谋;诡计 You can use game to describe a way of behaving in which a person uses a particular plan, usually in order to gain an advantage for himself or herself. 策略;计谋;诡计
When the uncertainties become greater than the certainties, we end up in a game of bluff.
情况愈发难以确定,我们最终陷入一个唬人的把戏中。
Until now, the Americans have been playing a very delicate political game.
直到现在,美国人一直玩着精心设计的政治把戏。
9N-UNCOUNT 猎物;野味 Wild animals or birds that are hunted for sport and sometimes cooked and eaten are referred to as game . 猎物;野味
10ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ, oft ADJ to-infinitive]甘愿尝试(新鲜或不平常事物)的;有冒险精神的 If you are game for something, you are willing to do something new, unusual, or risky. 甘愿尝试(新鲜或不平常事物)的;有冒险精神的
After all this time he still had new ideas and was game to try them.
过了这么久,他依然不乏新点子并敢于去尝试。
He said he's game for a similar challenge next year. [+ for]
12PHRASE 泄露秘密;露马脚;露馅 If someone or something gives the game away, they reveal a secret or reveal their feelings, and this puts them at a disadvantage. 泄露秘密;露马脚;露馅
The faces of the two conspirators gave the game away.
这两个共谋者的表情泄漏了秘密。
13PHRASE 对…不了解;缺乏经验 If you are new to a particular game, you have not done a particular activity or been in a particular situation before. 对…不了解;缺乏经验
Don't forget that she's new to this game and will take a while to complete the task.
别忘了她缺乏这方面的经验,完成任务还需要一些时间。
14PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE]卖淫;当妓女(或“鸭子”) If a man or woman is on the game, he or she is working as a prostitute. 卖淫;当妓女(或“鸭子”) [British, informal]
15PHRASE 将计就计;以其人之道还治其人之身 If you beat someone at their own game, you use the same methods that they have used, but more successfully, so that you gain an advantage over them. 将计就计;以其人之道还治其人之身
He must anticipate the maneuvers of the other lawyers and beat them at their own game.
他必须预见到其他律师的策略,并以其人之道还治其人之身,从而打败他们。
The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game.
警方清楚他们必须将计就计才能逮住那个杀人凶手。
16PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE](某种情况下)常有的事,司空见惯的事 If you say that something is all part of the game, you are telling someone not to be surprised or upset by something, because it is a normal part of the situation that they are in. (某种情况下)常有的事,司空见惯的事
For investors, risks are part of the game.
对投资者而言,风险不足为奇。
17PHRASE 不认真对待;耍花招;玩把戏 If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them. 不认真对待;耍花招;玩把戏 [disapproval]
'Don't play games with me!' he thundered.
“别跟我耍把戏!”他怒吼道。
From what I know of him he doesn't play silly games.
凭我对他的了解,他不会耍滑头的。
18PHRASE (通常在压力下)开始更好表现,干得更出色 If you say that someone has raised their game, you mean that they have begun to perform better, usually because they were under pressure to do so. (通常在压力下)开始更好表现,干得更出色
The world No. 9 had to raise his game to see off a strong challenge from Dale.
这位世界排名第九的选手必须有更出色的表现才能击退戴尔强有力的挑战。
As it expands its services around the continent, the competition it offers should force the other airlines to raise their game.
这家航空公司在整个大陆拓展业务所带来的竞争会迫使其他航空公司有更好的表现。
19PHRASE 戏该收场了,别再演戏了(指所从事的秘密计划或活动被揭穿) If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed. 戏该收场了,别再演戏了(指所从事的秘密计划或活动被揭穿)
Some thought they would hold out until Sunday. The realists knew that the game was already up.
有些人以为他们还能撑到星期天,务实的人却很清楚,这一切都已结束了。
Quotations
Play for more than you can afford to lose, and you will learn the gameWinston Churchill
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activityMontaigneEssais
Die: the singular of `dice'. We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, `Never say die.'Ambrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
I am sorry I have not learned to play at cards. It is very useful in life; it generates kindness and consolidates societyDr. Johnson
It's just a game - baseball - an amusement, a marginal thing, not an art, not a consequential metaphor for life, not a public trustRichard FordStop Blaming Baseball
Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriouslyQuentin CrispManners From Heaven