athlete

Word family

ath·lete /ˈæθliːt/ noun [countableC]

1 someone who competes in sports competitions, especially running, jumping, and throwing 运动员；田径运动员

a professional athlete

一位专业运动员

2 someone who is good at sports and who often does sports 擅长运动的人

I was a natural athlete as a kid.

我小时候是个天生的运动健将。

Examples from the Corpus

athlete• Over 150 athletes will compete in the Indoor Championships at Gateshead International Stadium.• Female speaker Atalanta was a mythical huntress and athlete.• Crowds enjoyed seeing a team of transvestites trounce more conventional athletes.• a good athlete• Sports Illustrated for Kids asked a handful of athletes whether they had invented anything when they were kids.• It was discovered that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs.• The way he got to that ball shows what a superb athlete he is.• An owner invests years, a fan invests his loyalty, and, there go both, along with the athlete.• The athletes would pump up their compressed-air bottles themselves, beforehand.

Origin athlete

(1400-1500) Latin athleta, from Greek athletes, from athlon “prize, competition”

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6584 COCA: 1600

athlete

noun

ADJECTIVE | ATHLETE + VERB

ADJECTIVE

➤elite, fine, good, great, Olympic, outstanding, talented, top, world-class精英／優秀的／出色的／偉大的／奧運會／傑出的／天才的／一流的／世界級的運動員

◇one of the greatest athletes of all time史上最偉大的運動員之一

➤natural天生的運動員

◇She has the build and strength of a natural athlete.她天生具備運動員的體格和力量。

➤all-around, all-round, track, track-and-field全能運動員；徑賽運動員；田徑運動員

▸➤endurance耐力好的運動員

▸➤amateur, professional業餘／職業運動員

▸➤college, high-school, student (all especially NAmE) 大學／高中／學生運動員

ATHLETE + VERB

➤train運動員訓練

◇The athletes are training hard for the Olympics.運動員正在為備戰奧運會刻苦訓練。

➤compete, perform運動員比賽／表現

◇Our field athletes have performed well.我們的田賽運動員表現出色。

➤play (NAmE) 運動員踢⋯；運動員打⋯

◇athletes playing pro football職業橄欖球運動員

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6584 COCA: 1600

athlete noun
⇨ player

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6584 COCA: 1600

athlete