英汉词典

game 基本解释

• n. 游戏；比赛
• adj. 勇敢的
• vi. 赌博
• n. (Game)人名；(英)盖姆；(法)加姆；(西)加梅

game 词态变化

game 中文词源

来自古英语前缀ge-, 一起，词源同com-, cum. man, 人。即一群人在一起玩乐，在古代特别指打猎，行猎。

game 英文词源

game

game: There are two games in English. The noun game ‘pastime, sport’ [OE] used to be a fairly widespread word in the Germanic languages (Swedish and Danish still preserve it as gamman and gammen respectively) and may well go back to a prehistoric Germanic compound formed from the collective prefix *ga- and *mann- ‘person’ (source of English man), and denoting literally ‘people together, participating’.

Its Old English was gamen which, before it became reduced to game (a process which began in the 13th century but was not complete until the 16th century), bequeathed gammon (as in backgammon) and probably also gamble to modern English. Game ‘plucky’ [18] is probably an adjectival use of the same word. Game ‘lame’ [18], however, and its derivative gammy [19], are not related; they may come from archaic French gambi ‘crooked’.
=> gamble, man; gammy

game (adj.2)

"ready for action, unafraid, and up to the task;" probably literally "spirited as a game-cock," 1725, from game-cock "bird bred for fighting" (1670s), from game (n.) in the "sport, amusement" sense. Middle English adjectives gamesome, gamelich meant "joyful, playful, sportive."

game (n.)

c. 1200, from Old English gamen "joy, fun; game, amusement," common Germanic (cognates: Old Frisian game "joy, glee," Old Norse gaman "game, sport; pleasure, amusement," Old Saxon gaman, Old High German gaman "sport, merriment," Danish gamen, Swedish gamman "merriment"), said to be identical with Gothic gaman "participation, communion," from Proto-Germanic *ga- collective prefix + *mann "person," giving a sense of "people together."

The -en was lost perhaps through being mistaken for a suffix. Meaning "contest for success or superiority played according to rules" is first attested c. 1200 (of athletic contests, chess, backgammon). Especially "the sport of hunting, fishing, hawking, or fowling" (c. 1300), thus "wild animals caught for sport" (c. 1300), which is the game in fair game (see under fair (adj.)), also gamey. Meaning "number of points required to win a game" is from 1830. Game plan is 1941, from U.S. football; game show first attested 1961.

game (adj.1)

"lame," 1787, from north Midlands dialect, of unknown origin, perhaps a variant of gammy (tramps' slang) "bad," or from Old North French gambe "leg" (see gambol (n.)).

game (v.)

Middle English gamen "to sport, joke, jest," from Old English gamenian "to play, jest, joke;" see game (n.). The Middle English word is little recorded from c. 1400 and modern use for "to play at games" (1520s) probably is a new formation from the noun; and it might have been re-re-coined late 20c. in reference to computer games. Related: Gamed; gaming.

game 词组搭配

game 英文释义

1. a single play of a game;

"the game lasted 2 hours"

2. a contest with rules to determine a winner;

"you need four people to play this game"

3. an amusement or pastime;

"they played word games"

"he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"

"his life was all fun and games"

4. animal hunted for food or sport

5. the game equipment needed to play a game;

"the child received several games for his birthday"

6. your occupation or line of work;

"he's in the plumbing game"

"she's in show biz"

7. (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win;

"the game is 6 all"

"he is serving for the game"

8. the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

9. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);

"they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"

"I saw through his little game from the start"

10. frivolous or trifling behavior;

"for actors, memorizing lines is no game"

"for him, life is all fun and games"

game 同义词解析

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，如蓝球、足球等。也作"运动会"解。

game, match

这两个名词均有"比赛"之意。

game： 指决定胜负的比赛，多以个人对抗或集体对抗形式根据一定的规则进行。

match： 多指重要的，参加队数较多的大型比赛。

game 双语例句

1. Game wardens were appointed to enforce hunting laws in New Hampshire.

狩猎监督官被派到新罕布什尔州去执行狩猎法令。

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2. Argentina came to a virtual standstill while the game was being played.

在比赛进行的时候，阿根廷全国几乎陷入了停顿状态。

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3. That programme will include live commentary on the England-Ireland game.

那个节目将包括英格兰与爱尔兰比赛的实况报道。

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4. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.

比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。

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5. Selling was my game and I intended to be a winner.

销售是我的老本行，我想做一个成功的销售者。

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game 实用场景例句

a game of chance/skill

靠运气决定胜负 / 凭技巧取胜的游戏

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(North Amercian English)We're going to the ball game (= baseball game) .

我们要去看棒球比赛。

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card games

纸牌游戏

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board games

棋类游戏

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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。

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'Don't play games with me!' he thundered...

“别跟我耍把戏!”他怒吼道。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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For investors, risks are part of the game.

对投资者而言,风险不足为奇。

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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。

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...men who shot game for food.

靠捕猎获取食物的人

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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。

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

他说他明年还愿意接受类似的挑战。

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The faces of the two conspirators gave the game away.

这两个共谋者的表情泄漏了秘密。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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It's a cat-and-mouse game to him, and I'm the mouse.

在他看来，这是个猫捉老鼠的把戏，而我就是老鼠。

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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。

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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。

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He regularly watched our games from the stands...

他一般在看台上观看我们的比赛。

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She won six games to love in the second set.

第二盘她以6比0获胜。

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...the last three points of the second game.

第二局的最后3分

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...the 2000 Olympic Games at Sydney.

2000年悉尼奥运会

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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。

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...the wonderful game of football.

精彩的足球比赛

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...a playful game of hide-and-seek.

有趣的捉迷藏游戏

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It was the first game of the season...

这是本赛季的首场比赛。

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