体育竞赛常用英语

     1. 创记录e.g. had broken or chalked up 495 world records.也可以说：

    produce a total of 495 world records. set（up）/create/establish/make a new record.

    2. 刷新记录rewrite/renew/better/improve the world/one"s own record3. 其它e.g. equal/match a record reach a record hold/keep the record for……4. 得冠军，得奖牌的表达方法e.g. had won 582 world championships也可以说：

    gain world titles/championships take/capture 6 titles out of a possible 7 sweep all the 7 titles wrest¹ the championship from……5. 体育运动中的“实力”，“强项”怎么译？

    “实力”可译作“strength”“或”power“，如：

    Chinese athletes showed their traditional strength in some track² and field events.

    “实力”也可能形容词“powerful”或“strong”表达，如：

    Chinese women basketball players are very powerful/strong.“强项”可译作“strong game/sport”。

    6. “黑马”为什么是“dark”horse？

    “黑马”是“dark”而不是“black”horse 这里dark的含义是“不清楚”，“不明朗”，表示对于某人“知道甚少”的意思。

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n.扭，拧，猛夺；v.夺取，猛扭，歪曲

参考例句：

• The officer managed to wrest the gun from his grasp.警官最终把枪从他手中夺走了。
• You wrest my words out of their real meaning.你曲解了我话里的真正含义。

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n.轨道；足迹；痕迹；磁轨；途径；vt.循路而行；追踪；通过；用纤拉；vi.追踪

参考例句：

• The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.这条新跑道将近六英里长。
• The police are on his track.警察在跟踪他。