game

athletics, sport, game

这些名词均有“体育运动”之意。
athletics: 集合名词，常指需要体力与技术的sports与games，特指跳高、跑等竞技项目。
sport: 含义比athletics广泛，指各种形式的体育运动，尤指户外的如游泳、钓鱼、划船、登山等运动。
game: 主要指决定胜负的游戏、比赛，通常有一定的规则，参加者必须遵守，如篮球、足球等。也作“运动会”解。

名词 game:

1. a single play of a sport or other contest
2. a contest with rules to determine a winner
3. an amusement or pastime
4. animal hunted for food or sport
5. the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
6. your occupation or line of work
   同义词：biz
7. (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
8. the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
9. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
   同义词：plot, secret plan
10. frivolous or trifling behavior

动词 game:

1. place a bet on
   同义词：bet on, back, gage, stake, punt

形容词 game:

1. disabled in the feet or legs
   同义词：crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy
2. willing to face danger
   同义词：gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky

1. Who'll climb up to get it?' I'm game (to try).'
   ｀谁愿意爬上去把它拿下来?＇｀我来(试试).＇
2. John only pretends to do his share of the work; he's just not playing the game.
   约翰只是装成做他那份工作，实际上并不真心好好干。
3. The little boy was shocked by the fall, but he was game enough to get up and try again.
   这个小男孩因摔倒而受到惊吓，但他勇敢地站起来准备再试。
4. Let's have a game of cards.
   我们来玩纸牌游戏吧。

game

n.（名词）
An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime:
娱乐，消遣：提供娱乐或消遣的活动；消遣娱乐：
例句：
party games; word games.
晚会娱乐；文字游戏

A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules:
游戏，比赛：竞争性的活动或体育运动，选手们按一系列规则进行竞赛：
例句：
the game of basketball; the game of gin rummy.
篮球比赛；金罗美牌戏

A single instance of such an activity:
一盘，一场：上述比赛的一个步骤：
例句：
We lost the first game.
我们第一场比赛失败了

games An organized athletic program or contest:
games 运动会：有组织的体育项目或比赛：
例句：
track-and-field games; took part in the winter games.
田径比赛；参加冬季运动会

A period of competition or challenge:
比赛期间：竞赛或挑战的时间段：
例句：
It was too late in the game to change the schedule of the project.
在比赛期间要改变赛程安排已经太晚了

The total number of points required to win a game:
获胜所必需的总分数：
例句：
One hundred points is game in bridge.
桥牌获胜的分数是00分

The score accumulated at any given time in a game:
积分：比赛中任一规定时间内增加的分数：
例句：
The game is now 4 to 2.
比分现在是4比2

The equipment needed for playing certain games:
比赛用具：某一特定比赛中所需器械：
例句：
packed the children`s games in the car.
把孩子们的体育用品放入车内

A particular style or manner of playing a game:
技巧，技术：比赛时的特定形式或风格：
例句：
improved my tennis game with practice.
练习以改进我的网球技巧

Informal
【非正式用语】
An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules:
野心，追求：积极的兴趣或追求，尤指对权威的竞争性参与和执著：
例句：
.the way the system operates, the access game, the turf game, the image game.(Hedrick Smith)
.系统运作的方式即：入门兴趣、赛马兴趣、形象兴趣.(赫德里克·史密斯)

A business or occupation; a line:
行业；职业：
例句：
the insurance game.
保险业

An illegal activity; a racket.
不合法的活动；非法手段
Informal
【非正式用语】
Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior:
把戏：躲避的、懒散的、巧妙的行为：
例句：
wanted a straight answer, not more of their tiresome games.
要一个直截了当的答案，不要再搞他们那些讨厌的把戏

A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme:
策略，计谋：特意计划的策略或方法；谋略：
例句：
I saw through their game from the very beginning.
一开始我就看穿了他们的计谋

Mathematics A model of a competitive situation that identifies interested parties and stipulates rules governing all aspects of the competition, used in game theory to determine the optimal course of action for an interested party.
【数学】 游戏理论，比赛规则：一种处于竞争状态下的模式，要鉴别有兴趣的参与者并规定控制竞赛各个方面的规则，用于确定一个参与者最好的活动进程的比赛理论

Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport.
猎物：为食用或娱乐而捕猎的野生动物、飞禽或鱼类
The flesh of these animals, eaten as food.
野味：可作为食物享用的这些猎物的肉

An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit:
攻击目标，嘲弄对象，追逐目标：
例句：
The press considered the candidate`s indiscretions to be game.
大众媒体把候选人不检点的言行当作攻击目标

Mockery; sport:
嘲弄；戏弄：
例句：
The older children teased and made game of the newcomer.
比较年长的孩子嘲笑并奚落新来的人

v.（动词）
gamed,gam.ing,games
v.tr.Archaic （及物动词）【古语】
To waste or lose by gambling.
虚掷，失去：因赌博而挥霍或输掉
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To play for stakes; gamble.
下注；赌博
adj.（形容词）
gam.er,gam.est
Plucky and unyielding in spirit; resolute:
勇敢的，意志坚定的；坚决的：
例句：
She put up a game fight against her detractors.
她勇敢对抗那些诽谤她的人

Ready and willing:
乐意的，愿意的：
例句：
Are you game for a swimô
你愿意去游泳吗

<习惯用语>the only game in town【非正式用语】
The only alternative:
唯一的选择：
例句：
.The Anglo-Irish Agreement is the only game in town available to political leaders seeking a graceful way out of the Ulster morass.(Boston Globe).He`s the only game in town for the press to write about.(Leonard Garment)
.英国——爱尔兰合约是政治领导人唯一能找寻的逃离乌尔斯特困境的体面出路.(波士顿环球).他是该城市唯一一位新闻界能报道的人物.(伦纳德·加门特)

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English gamen
源自 古英语 gamen

【引伸】
game.ly
adv.（副词）
game.ness
n.（名词）

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game
game 2

adj.（形容词）
gam.er,gam.est
Crippled; lame:
跛的，瘸的：
例句：
a game leg.
一条跛腿

来源：
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