Warwickshire are the current holders of the cricket championship.
沃里克郡队是板球的现任冠军。
3.[uncountableU + of] writtenSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN the act of championing something or someone 〔对某事或某人的〕捍卫,维护
nCOLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + championship
the world championship
29 nations competed in the world championship.
the national championship
the Canadian National Championship
the British/European etc championship
The team failed to qualify for the European Championship.
an international championship
It was the final game of the international championship.
a golf/swimming/tennis championship
the Women's Golf Championship
the League championship (=for a particular group of teams or players)
the Football League Championship
verbs
win/take the championship
He won three national championships at Oklahoma.
lose the championship
We lost the championship on the last day.
hold the championship
The championships are being held next Sunday at the San Jose Arena.
a championship takes place
The world indoor athletics championships took place in Canada.
NOUN + championship
a championship game/match
He was playing in his first championship game of the season.
a championship race
She was well ahead in the championship race.
a championship series (=a number of competitions)
the American League Championship series
the championship finals
His team lost in the European Championship Finals.
a championship title (=the position of being the champion in a sports competition)
He's trying to hold onto his world championship title.
Examples from the Corpus
championship• Georgetown was the victim of an inspiredunderdog when the Hoyas met Big Eastrival Villanova in the 1985 championship.• It is a championship for high-performancemass-produced cars which are sold in the United States.• Last year they won the nationalcollegebasketballchampionship.• The Raiders have been on the decline since their last SuperBowlchampionship, 13 years ago.• The sixth game of the World ChessChampionship will be broadcasttonight on Channel 6.• Manchester United are determined that if they win their first championship for 25 years the celebrations will be in front of their own supporters.• At 17, he was the youngest player to win the Men's TennisChampionship.• I haven't led the championship this year so I haven't had to think about defending a lead.• They both say the championships are a good idea.• Can she win the championship again this year?• The championships have the full backing of Durham CountyCricketClub.• Gutierrez said he has a plan he hopes will carry him through to his first world championship.• The InternationalSquashRacketsFederation will introducerandomdrug testing at next year's world championships.
1competition競賽ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHAMPIONSHIP | CHAMPIONSHIP + VERB | CHAMPIONSHIP + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤major重大錦標賽▸➤international, national, regional, state, world國際錦標賽;全國錦標賽;地區錦標賽;州錦標賽;世界錦標賽▸➤British, European, US, etc.英國、歐洲、美國等錦標賽➤club, conference, division, league, team俱樂部冠軍賽;聯合會錦標賽;分區錦標賽;聯賽錦標賽;球隊奪冠賽➤junior青少年錦標賽▸➤basketball, swimming, tennis, etc.籃球、游泳、網球等錦標賽➤back-to-back (NAmE) 一個接一個的錦標賽VERB + CHAMPIONSHIP➤hold, host舉行/主辦錦標賽◇The championships are to be held in Rome.錦標賽將在羅馬舉行。➤compete in, take part in參加錦標賽◇Over thirty children will compete in the swimming championships.30 多個孩子將參加游泳錦標賽的角逐。➤win贏得錦標賽◇She has won four major championships in the last five years.在過去 5 年裏她贏得了 4 次主要大賽的冠軍稱號。➤lose在錦標賽中失利CHAMPIONSHIP + VERB➤take place錦標賽進行CHAMPIONSHIP + NOUN➤bout, fight, final, game, match, race, round錦標賽比賽;錦標賽決賽;錦標賽競賽;奪冠輪的比賽➤competition, event, meet, tournament錦標賽競賽/項目/比賽/系列賽➤contender錦標賽競爭者▸➤title, winner錦標賽冠軍➤run (NAmE) 冠軍爭霸賽◇During the team's championship run last season, he played in 22 games.在該隊上賽季冠軍爭霸賽中,他打了 22 場比賽。➤season, series (both NAmE) 錦標賽賽季/系列比賽➤squad, team冠軍隊➤calibre/caliber (NAmE) 錦標賽水準➤belt, ring, trophy冠軍腰帶/指環/獎杯PREPOSITION➤at a/the championship在錦標賽上◇I saw him play at last year's tennis championship.在去年網球錦標賽上我看過他打球。➤in a/the championship在錦標賽中◇the teams in the championship參加錦標賽的隊championship
noun²
2position/title of champion冠軍地位/稱號VERB + CHAMPIONSHIP➤hold擁有冠軍稱號◇Who holds the championship at the moment?現在誰是冠軍?➤capture, claim, clinch, earn, take, win奪得冠軍稱號;取得冠軍地位;贏得冠軍稱號◇He's won the championship for the third time in a row.他已連續 3 次獲得冠軍。➤lose失去冠軍稱號➤defend衞冕冠軍稱號▸➤regain重新獲得冠軍稱號▸➤retain保持冠軍地位◇She managed to retain the championship.她成功衞冕了冠軍。➤celebrate慶祝奪冠◇The Red Sox celebrated their championship with an extraordinary four-hour parade.紅襪隊舉行了長達 4 個小時的遊行慶祝奪冠。