1contest to find the fastest person, car, etc.賽跑;賽車ADJECTIVE | VERB + RACE | RACE + VERB | RACE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big大賽◇I get very nervous before a big race.大賽前我會變得很緊張。➤close, tight勢均力敵的/激烈的比賽▸➤long-distance長跑▸➤10-mile, 24-hour, 7-lap, etc. * 10 英里賽跑、24 小時耐力賽、7 圈賽等▸➤gruelling/grueling, hard, tough令人筋疲力盡的比賽;艱難的比賽▸➤relay, road接力賽;公路賽▸➤men's, women's男子/女子比賽▸➤boat, yacht, etc.划船、帆船等比賽▸➤bicycle, bike (informal) , car, motor, motorbike, motorcycle, etc.自行車賽、汽車賽、摩托車賽等▸➤dog, horse, etc.賽狗、賽馬等➤drag, turf (especially NAmE) 短程高速汽車賽;賽馬➤play-off (especially NAmE) 加時賽VERB + RACE➤have, hold, organize舉行/舉辦/組織比賽◇Let's have a race!我們比賽吧!➤be in, compete in, do (informal) , enter, go in for, run in, take part in參加比賽◇Is she running in the big race on Saturday?她要參加星期六的大賽嗎?➤drop out of, pull out of, withdraw (sth) from退出比賽◇He dropped out of the race with a pulled muscle after two laps.他在跑完兩圈後因肌肉拉傷退出了比賽。◇She had to pull out of the race at the last minute.最後一刻她不得不退出比賽。➤lead, win在比賽中領先;贏得比賽◇I was leading the race until the half-way point.比賽進行到一半之前我一直領先。◇She has won the race for the last five years.過去 5 年裏,她一直是此項比賽的冠軍。➤lose在比賽中失敗▸➤come first in, come second in, etc.在比賽中獲得第一名、第二名等▸➤beat sb/sth in在比賽中擊敗⋯▸➤fix操縱比賽◇People are saying that the race was fixed.傳言說比賽被人操縱。➤throw (= to lose deliberately)故意輸掉比賽◇He was paid $10 000 to throw the race.有人支付 1 萬美元讓他故意輸掉這場比賽。RACE + VERB➤be held, be run, take place比賽舉行;比賽進行RACE + NOUN➤meet, meeting (BrE) 賽馬大會◇The horse was withdrawn from today's race meeting with an injured leg.那匹馬因腿部受傷退出了今天的賽馬大會。➤winner比賽勝利者▸➤official, organizer發令員;比賽主辦機構PREPOSITION➤in a/the race參加比賽◇I'm not in this race.我沒有參加這次比賽。➤out of a/the race退出比賽▸➤race against, race with和⋯比賽◇the race against the Danish team和丹麥隊的比賽➤race between⋯之間的比賽◇A close race between the top two boats is expected.這兩條一流賽船之間估計會有一場勢均力敵的比賽。➤race over⋯比賽◇a race over two miles2 英里賽跑race
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2competitive situation競爭ADJECTIVE | VERB + RACE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤close, tight勢均力敵的競爭;咬得很緊的競賽▸➤two-horse兩名強者的對抗◇Although there are five candidates, realistically it is a two-horse race. (figurative) 雖然有 5 名候選者,實際上這是兩名強者的對抗。➤congressional, gubernatorial, presidential, Senate國會/州長/總統/參議院競選▸➤arms, space軍備/太空競賽◇the halting of the nuclear arms race停止核武器競賽VERB + RACE➤be in, be involved in, join參與競爭◇The rival TV companies are in a race to bring out the first film drama of his life.互相競爭的電視公司爭相推出關於他生平的第一部故事片。➤be ahead in, lead, win在競爭中領先;贏得競賽◇Who will win the race for the White House?誰將最終入主白宮?➤be left behind in, lag behind in, lose在競爭中落後;在競賽中失敗PREPOSITION➤in a/the race在角逐中◇He is lagging behind in the race for the presidency.他在總統競選中處於下風。➤race between⋯之間的競爭◇a race between the developing countries發展中國家之間的競爭➤race for對⋯的爭奪◇the race for nuclear supremacy對核霸權的爭奪➤race with和⋯的競爭◇the race with their rivals和對手的競爭race
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3racial group種族ADJECTIVE | RACE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤human人種➤alien異族▸➤mixed混合種族◇a child of mixed race混血兒➤Irish, Jewish, Latin, etc.愛爾蘭、猶太、拉丁等民族▸➤master優等民族◇the ideology of the master race優等民族的觀念RACE + NOUN➤relations種族關係◇Immigration and race relations were key political issues at the time.移民和種族關係是當時主要的政治問題。➤equality種族平等▸➤discrimination, preference, prejudice種族歧視/偏好/偏見▸➤riot種族暴亂PREPOSITION➤among races種族中◇The disease is more common among European races.這種疾病較多見於歐洲各種族。➤between races種族間◇greater understanding between nations and races國家和種族間更深入的理解➤from a race來自某種族◇children from all races and religions屬於不同種族、信仰不同宗教的孩子➤of a race種族的◇people of different races and cultures不同種族和文化的人➤regardless of race無論什麼種族◇We can all work together, regardless of race.不論什麼種族,我們都能一起工作。➤race of⋯的種族◇The Amazons were a race of female warriors.亞馬孫族是一個女戰士的種族。PHRASES➤on the basis of race, on (the) grounds of race以種族為根據;以種族為由◇There is no excuse for discrimination on the grounds of race.沒有任何搞種族歧視的藉口。race
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ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤frantically, madly, wildly狂奔;發瘋似的跑;拚命跑◇She raced frantically to catch the train.她拚命地跑着去趕火車。➤ahead, away, back, by, downstairs, off, out, past, upstairs跑在前面;跑遠;跑回來;跑過;向樓下跑;跑開;跑出去;跑過去;往樓上跑◇Farms and towns raced by.農場和城鎮在眼前掠過。PREPOSITION➤across, after, along, around, down, for, into, out of, round, through, to, towards/toward, up跑着穿過⋯;飛奔在⋯後面;沿着⋯飛奔;圍着⋯跑;往⋯下面跑;跑向⋯;跑到⋯裏;跑出⋯;跑過⋯;向⋯飛奔;往⋯上面跑◇He raced madly up the stairs.他發瘋似的向樓上跑去。PHRASES➤come racing飛奔而來◇Two boys suddenly came racing around the corner.兩個男孩突然從拐角處飛奔而來。➤race against the clock, race against time爭分奪秒◇Most of these movies have characters racing against the clock to save the day.在大部份的這類電影中,主人公都是為力挽狂瀾而爭分奪秒。