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Related topics: Games, Sport, Leisure, Children, Other sports
game1 /ɡeɪm/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
1  activity or sport 活動或體育運動 [countableC]
a) DGDSan activity or sport in which people compete with each other according to agreed rules 〔有規則的〕遊戲；體育活動
We used to love playing games like chess or backgammon.
我們以前喜歡玩國際象棋或雙陸棋這樣的遊戲。
b) DGDSan occasion when a game is played 〔一場〕遊戲；比賽 → match
Did you see the game on TV last night?
你昨晚看了電視轉播的那場比賽嗎？
a game of tennis/football etc
Would you like to have a game of tennis?
你想打一局網球嗎？
game against/with
England’s World Cup game against Holland
英格蘭對陣荷蘭的世界杯賽
→ ball game, board game, video game, war game
2  games [plural]
a) DSa large organized sports event 大型運動會
the Olympic Games
奧林匹克運動會
b) British EnglishBrEDSSES organized sports as a school subject or lesson 體育課 SYN PE
We have games on Thursdays.
我們星期四上體育課。
a games lesson
一堂體育課
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games• the Olympic Games
3  part of a match 比賽的一部分 [countableC]DGDS one of the parts into which a single match is divided, for example in tennis or bridge1(4) 局；盤
Graf leads, two games to one.
格拉芙以局分2比1領先。
4  children 兒童 [countableC]DLSSC a children’s activity in which they play with toys, pretend to be someone else etc 遊戲
game of
a game of hide-and-seek
捉迷藏遊戲
The boys were playing a game in the backyard.
男孩們在後院裏玩遊戲。
5  SKILL 技能somebody’s game DGDShow well someone plays a particular game or sport 某人的比賽技巧，某人的運動技能
improve/raise your game
Liam’s taking lessons to improve his game.
利亞姆在參加課程提高運動技能。
the strongest aspect of his game
他比賽技巧中最強的一面
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improve/raise your game• I really hope they can raise their game and get us back into the Premier Division.• And whenever Honda or Ford threatened to close the gap, the Williams-Renault raised its game.• I am a high-handicapper, but as keen as anyone else to improve my game.• And the public don't like it because they want high-tech equipment to improve their games.• Middlesbrough failed to raise their game.• Their aim is to raise their game, but also to raise their profile amongst the sporting public.• They are mentally prepared to raise their games to Super Bowl heights.
6  give the game away TELL A SECRETto spoil a surprise or secret by doing or saying something that lets someone guess what the secret is 〔因行爲或言語而〕洩露秘密
Lynn gave the game away by laughing when Kim walked in.
林恩在金走進來的時候笑出了聲，洩露了秘密。
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give the game away• They saw the mistake-prone Cavs almost give the game away.• Unfortunately, Godwin's illustrative examples give the game away.• But Mr Penrice had given the game away.• Don't mention Dad's birthday or you'll give the game away.• She had nearly given the game away there.• Anyway, the number plate gives the game away.• Not, of course, that there is much to give the game away.• Cats merely have the instinct not to give the game away by revealing all that they are aware of.• Certain anatomical shapes such as legs, arms, necks, feet or wings tend to give the game away.
7. beat somebody at their own game  (also play somebody at their own game British English)COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEAT to beat someone or fight back against them by using the same methods that they use 以其人之道還治其人之身
8  NOT SERIOUS 不嚴肅的be a game PRETENDto be something that you do to enjoy yourself rather than for a serious purpose 是個遊戲，是兒戲
It’s just a game to them. They don’t care what happens.
這對他們來說只是兒戲，他們並不在乎會有什麽樣的後果。
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be a game• Ballesteros's game was in trouble.• But golf is a game of momentum.• College football is as much a beauty contest as it is a game.• Perhaps a bit miscast, and with a penchant for too many double-takes, Perry none the less is game.• Before, every time there was games they would kick her and everything.• There were games with a prize for everyone.• This was a game she couldn't win.• It used to be a game, and Jeff loved it.
9  play games (with somebody) 
a) TRICK/DECEIVEto behave in a dishonest or unfair way in order to get what you want 欺騙（某人），（跟某人）耍花招
Are you sure he’s really interested, and not just playing silly games with you?
你確信他是真的感興趣，而不是在跟你耍鬼把戲？
b) to not be serious about doing something （跟某人）玩遊戲，（跟某人）鬧着玩
We want a deal. We’re not interested in playing games.
我們要的是達成協議，沒有興趣鬧着玩。
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play games (with somebody)• At this Internet chess site, dozens of people around the world are playing games at the same time.• He plays no budgetary games nor does he tolerate finance people playing games with him.• We want an agreement. We're not interested in playing games.• That's just me playing games.• The people played games to pass the time during the winter too.• Do we suspect life is a chessboard even though we know that you don't play games?• Surveys show millions of workers use their office computers to play games, surf the Net or worse.• Many taxpayers try to play games on their tax returns.• If they want to play games with their parachutes, then that is their affair.
10  animals/birds 動物/鳥 [uncountableU]HBDSO wild animals, birds, and fish that are hunted for food, especially as a sport 野禽，野味〔尤指獵物〕
game birds
被捕獵的鳥
→ big game
11  the only game in town used to say that something is the only possible choice in a situation 唯一的選擇
The Church of England is no longer the only game in town.
英格蘭聖公會不再是唯一的選擇。
12  business 行業 [singular] informalBOJOB/WORK an area of work or business 行當，行業
I’ve been in this game for over ten years.
我幹這一行已經有十多年了。
13  what’s her/your etc game? British EnglishBrE spokenREASON used to ask what the true reason for someone’s behaviour is 她/你等爲什麽這樣做？她/你等在搞什麽名堂？
Reg is being very nice all of a sudden. What’s his game?
雷吉一下子變得非常友好，他在耍什麽花招？
14  the game’s up spokenFIND OUT used to tell someone that something wrong or dishonest that they have done has been discovered 戲該收場了，事已敗露
Come out, Don. The game’s up.
出來吧，唐，戲該收場了。
15  a game of chance DGGa game in which you risk money on the result 碰運氣的遊戲，賭錢的遊戲
Poker is a game of chance.
撲克牌是一種碰運氣的遊戲。
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a game of chance• Predicting the outcome is a game of chance.• Poker is a game of chance.
16. somebody got game American EnglishAmE informal used to say that someone is very skilful at doing something, especially a sport 某人很在行〔尤指體育運動〕
17. be on the game British EnglishBrE informalSYSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to be a prostitute 幹那種行當，當妓女，賣淫
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be on the game• She must be on the game, all right.
18. game on spoken said when the balance of a sports match or competition changes, and both sides suddenly have a chance of winning 〔體育比賽或競賽中因形勢突變〕輸赢尚未見分曉，勝負難料
19. game over informal said to emphasize that an event or activity is completely finished 遊戲結束了〔用於強調某個事件或活動已全部結束〕
20. make game of somebody old-fashionedLAUGH to make fun of someone 取笑某人，跟某人開玩笑
→ fair game, → fun and games at fun1(5), → the name of the game at name1(10), → a mug’s game at mug1(5)
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
play a game 玩遊戲，打比賽
They explained how to play the game.
他們解釋了這遊戲怎麽玩。
see/watch a game 看比賽
Did you see the game last night?
你看昨晚的比賽了嗎？
have a game British EnglishBrE 打比賽
They were having a game of pool.
他們在打普爾台球。
win/lose a game 拿下/輸掉比賽
A.C. Milan won the game with a last-minute goal.
AC米蘭隊在最後一分鐘進了球，拿下這場比賽。
nArsenal lost the game because of a mistake by their goalkeeper.
the game is tied (=both teams or players had the same score) 比分打平
The game was tied 10-10 at halftime.
上半場結束時比分爲10比10平。
draw a game British EnglishBrE (=end the game with the same score as the opposing team or player) 打成平局
nWe played badly and were lucky to draw the game.
NOUN + game
a computer/video game 電腦/電子遊戲
He was up all night playing computer games.
他通宵不睡玩電腦遊戲。
a card game 紙牌遊戲
Bridge is a card game for four people.
橋牌是一種四人紙牌遊戲。
a board/ball game 棋盤/球類遊戲
board games such as Monopoly and Scrabble
大富翁、拼字遊戲等棋盤遊戲
a team game 團隊遊戲
I wasn't very good at team games when I was at school.
我上學時不大會玩團隊遊戲。
a party game 聚會遊戲
What's your favourite party game?
你最喜歡什麽聚會遊戲？
a basketball/baseball etc game 籃球/棒球等比賽
nHe was watching a baseball game on TV.
a home game (=played at a team's own sports field) 主場比賽
nNext Saturday Liverpool have a home game against Manchester United.
an away game (=played at an opposing team's sports field) 客場比賽
nWe didn't win any away games last season.
a league game (=played as part of a league competition) 聯賽
nThere's a big league game against Chelsea on Saturday.
a cup game (=played as part of a cup competition) 杯賽
nHe hopes to play in the cup game on Wednesday.
na playoff game American EnglishAmE (=one of a series of games played by the best teams in a competition to decide the final winner )
This is the first of their five playoff games.
na play-off game British EnglishBrE (=played to decide the winner after a previous game ended with both teams having equal points)
nan indoor game
There is a hall for indoor games and social functions.
nan outdoor game
Outdoor games are affected by the weather.
phrases
the rules of the game 比賽規則
It's against the rules of the game to pick up the ball.
撿球是犯規的。
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game• In 18 games for Ottawa last season he had 15 points.• How about a game of tennis this evening?• Let's have a game of chess.• They were, though, marginally the more inventive in a game that showed signs of decline from the early stages.• Board games are still popular gifts.• board games like Monopoly and Ludo• I got two tickets for the Bulls' game.• I'm not very good at card games.• Harvey has devised a Spanish-English language card game.• Evansville will play Maryland in the championship game.• Have you ever played Mah Jong? It's a Chinese game.• About 7 million households have people who play computer games.• "Psychic Detective" is a CD-ROM computer game from Electronic Arts Studios.• Chess is such a difficult game.• Chadwick suggested that baseball evolved from the English game of rounders.• Sharpe had injured a knee in a football game a few weeks earlier• That is why so few books on the middle game, he wrote, though plenty on openings and endgames.• Rugby is a very exciting, fast-moving game.• In Wales, rugby is the national game.• Breakdown must be one of the best reader's games we've ever had.• But I just tried to keep focusing on the game.• Then you proceed to get all the other pairs to win the game ten pairs to none.• The Vikings nearly won the game in regulation.• Players have stepped up their games.• Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in a thrilling game.• Sampras leads, two games to one.• a video game• Do you want to come and watch the volleyball game this Saturday?
game against/with• Brown will not return to the team until the Nov. 16 game against the San Diego Chargers.• But we play a game with no love.• Simulations and games With pupils in lower secondary years their enjoyment of pretence is not yet impaired by age.• The numbered vouchers were given to fans who attended Sunderland's games against Ipswich, Plymouth and Middlesbrough.• Colquhoun suffered a back injury in training yesterday and is almost certain to miss today's game against Brentford.• First, it was a tennis game with some new friends Wednes-day afternoons.
playing ... game• It serves them right for playing a game in which even the winners become losers if they try to repeat their success.• Just playing games, Eugene thought, just like you.• That's just me playing games.• There was no rivalry between them when they tried which could throw the discus farthest; they were only playing a game.• Now somebody was playing games and ... his eyes sharpened as he caught a movement in the churchyard.• This was playing games where at the end of training there was no greater number of jobs available.• They were being themselves, and it was I who was playing a game.
game2 adjectiveadj
1  WILLINGwilling to try something dangerous, new, or difficult 願意嘗試〔危險、新鮮或困難的事〕的
Okay. I’m game if you are.
好吧，你上我也上。
game for
He’s always game for a laugh.
他總是願意找點樂子。
game to do something
‘Who’s game to have a try?’
“誰願意試一試？”
2. game leg old-fashionedMI an injured or painful leg 受傷的腿；疼痛的腿
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game leg• He alarmed us as children: he had a gruff manner, a game leg and a pronounced cast in one eye.
—gamely adverbadv
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game• Meat stocks are essential to the intense sauces commonly found in game cooking.• The present $ 400 gap between it and the game machines looks daunting.• The game play and artificial intelligence are unmatched in sports video gaming.• An attempt by Bandai to break into the game player business has encountered even more problems.• But at game time, when they were warming up, they had white players on their team.
game to do something• Are you game to go rock climbing with us?• The initiative directs Fish and Game to manage the mountain lion population with public safety in mind.• I was game to them at this moment.
game3 /ɡeɪm/ verb American EnglishAmE
game the system to use rules or laws to get what you want in an unfair but legal way 鑽制度的空子
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game the system• Yet since even the best laws leave loopholes, unsavory characters find ways to game the system.• Linder accused insurance companies of gaming the system to increase profits.
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game• So heed Film's guide to gaming.• The next largest source of income is from raffles and gaming.• For one thing, most other potential bidders have expertise in either lodging or gaming, not both.• The game play and artificial intelligence are unmatched in sports video gaming.• Console users take gaming seriously, and their brand loyalty is frightening.
From Longman Business Dictionary
gamegame /geɪm/ noun
1[countableC] an activity in which people compete with each other according to agreed rules
The market is a game which creates wealth through the process of production exchange.
→ business game
2the advertising/public relations etc game informal the profession of advertising, public relations etc
The company is certainly not new to the publishing game.
3beat/play somebody at their own game to beat someone or fight back against them by using the same methods that they use
The computer manufacturer, Compaq, built its reputation by beating IBM at their own game.
→ see also zero-sum game
Origin game1
Old English gamen
 game2
1. (1700-1800) → GAME1
2. (1700-1800) Perhaps from Old French gambi “bent”

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