game /ɡeɪm/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (games)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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

  例：

  ...the wonderful game of football.

  …精彩的足球运动。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A game is one particular occasion on which a game is played. 比赛

  例：

  It was the first game of the season.

  那是本赛季的第一场比赛。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A game is a part of a match, for example in tennis or bridge, consisting of a fixed number of points. (比赛中的) 一局

  例：

  She won six games to love in the second set.

  第2盘她以6-0取胜。

• 4.  

  N-PLURAL（复数型名词） Games are an organized event in which competitions in several sports take place. 运动会

  例：

  ...the 1996 Olympic Games at Atlanta.

  …1996年亚特兰大奥林匹克运动会。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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. 计谋

  例：

  Until now, the Americans have been playing a very delicate political game.

  至今美国人们还在玩弄非常微妙的政治计谋。

• 6.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） Wild animals or birds that are hunted for sport and sometimes cooked and eaten are referred to as game. 猎物

  例：

  As men who shot game for food, they were natural marksmen.

  作为捕捉猎物当食物的人，他们是天生的射手。

• 7.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you are game for something, you are willing to do something new, unusual, or risky. 敢尝试的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  He said he's game for a similar challenge next year.

  他说明年他敢尝试一次类似的挑战。

• 8.  

  ADJ（形容词） full of fighting spirit; plucky; brave 勇敢的 [非正式]
• 9.  

  V（动词） to play games of chance for money, stakes, etc; gamble 赌博
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  PHRASE（习语） 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; 露出马脚

  例：

  The faces of the two conspirators gave the game away!

  两个同谋者的表情露出了马脚。

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  PHRASE（习语） If you are new to a particular game, you have not done a particular activity or been in a particular situation before. 对…不熟悉

  例：

  Don't forget that she's new to this game and will take a while to complete the task.

  别忘了她对此没有经验，将需要一些时间来完成那项任务。

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  PHRASE（习语） 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. 将计就计战胜某人

  例：

  He must anticipate the manoeuvres of the other lawyers and beat them at their own game.

  他必须对其他律师的策略有所准备，从而将计就计战胜他们。

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  PHRASE（习语） 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. 敷衍[表不满]

  例：

  This seemed to annoy Professor Steiner. "Don't play games with me," he thundered.

  这似乎触怒了斯坦纳教授。“别敷衍我了，”他吼道。

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  ADJ（形容词） → a less common word for lame

  例：

  game leg