每日一词【531】defending champion：卫冕冠军

今天我们要学的词是defending champion。 The defending champion, 是指卫冕冠军。 "The defending Olympic champion Liu Xiang pulled out of the 110-meter hurdles¹ Monday," 110米跨栏上届奥运会卫冕冠军刘祥星期一退出了比赛。 "Defending champion China crushed Japan to advance to the women's volleyball quarterfinals," 上届奥运卫冕冠军中国队击败日本队，进入女排四分之一决赛。 好的，今天我们学习的词是defending champion...

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n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句