Competition
game 比賽
team 球隊
victory 勝利
win
defeat 失敗
score 比分
point 分數
to win - won 贏 - 贏了
to lose - lost 輸 - 輸了
to tie 打成平手
to score 得分
Jess Debski's photo, licensed as CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
What's the score?
比分是多少?
We won the game!
我們贏了這場比賽!
The team was about to lose, but we scored twice in the last minute to tie the game.
球隊眼看要輸了,但我們在最後一分鐘連得兩分追平比分。
It was a blowout - we won by 20 points.
這是一場大勝——我們以20分之差取勝。
championship 錦標賽
league 聯賽
tournament 錦標賽/比賽
playoffs 季後賽
finals 總決賽
semifinals 四強賽
quarterfinals 八強賽
bracket 對戰圖
champion 冠軍
runner-up 亞軍
favorite 熱門
underdog 劣勢方
season 賽季
ranking 排名
seed 種子選手
upset 爆冷
comeback 逆轉
It was a huge upset when the underdog team won the championship!
當劣勢球隊奪冠時,真是爆冷!
She's ranked number one in the world right now.
她目前世界排名第一。
What an incredible comeback - they were down by three points!
多麼精彩的逆轉——他們一度落後3分!
Kendrick Arnett's photo, licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
表達式
A level playing field.
公平競爭的環境。
The teacher gives everyone the same amount of time so it's a level playing field.
老師給大家相同的時間,因此條件是公平的。
A game changer.
改變局勢的因素。
The new hire was a real game changer for our team.
這位新成員確實為我們的球隊帶來了改變局勢的作用。