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游戲；運動；比賽（項目）
A game is an activity or sport usually involving skill, knowledge, or chance, in which you follow fixed rules and try to win against an opponent or to solve a puzzle.
例句
...the wonderful game of football.
精彩的足球比賽
...a playful game of hide-and-seek.
有趣的捉迷藏游戲
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（一場）游戲，比賽
A game is one particular occasion on which a game is played.
例句
It was the first game of the season...
這是本賽季的首場比賽。
He regularly watched our games from the stands...
他一般在看臺上觀看我們的比賽。
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（網球、橋牌等比賽中的）一局，一盤，一場
A game is a part of a match, for example in tennis or bridge, consisting of a fixed number of points.
例句
She won six games to love in the second set.
第二盤她以6比0獲勝。
...the last three points of the second game.
第二局的最后3分
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N-PLURAL
運動會
Games are an organized event in which competitions in several sports take place.
例句
...the 2000 Olympic Games at Sydney.
2000年悉尼奧運會
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N-PLURAL
（學校的）體育課，體育活動
Games are organized sports activities that children do at school.
例句
At his grammar school he is remembered for being bad at games but good in debates.
在文法學校里，他因拙于體育但擅長辯論而讓人印象深刻。
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N-SING
（某人比賽或游戲時的）手法，技巧，風格
Someone's game is the degree of skill or the style that they use when playing a particular game.
例句
Once I was through the first set my game picked up.
我打完第一局之后就進入了狀態。
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玩笑；兒戲；不認真對待的事情
You can describe a situation that you do not treat seriously as a game .
例句
Many people regard life as a game: you win some, you lose some...
許多人視人生如同一場游戲：有輸也有贏。
It's a cat-and-mouse game to him, and I'm the mouse.
在他看來，這是個貓捉老鼠的把戲，而我就是老鼠。
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策略；計謀；詭計
You can use game to describe a way of behaving in which a person uses a particular plan, usually in order to gain an advantage for himself or herself.
例句
When the uncertainties become greater than the certainties, we end up in a game of bluff...
情況愈發難以確定，我們最終陷入一個唬人的把戲中。
Until now, the Americans have been playing a very delicate political game.
直到現在，美國人一直玩著精心設計的政治把戲。
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獵物；野味
Wild animals or birds that are hunted for sport and sometimes cooked and eaten are referred to as game .
例句
...men who shot game for food.
靠捕獵獲取食物的人
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ADJ-GRADED
甘愿嘗試（新鮮或不平常事物）的；有冒險精神的
If you are game for something, you are willing to do something new, unusual, or risky.
例句
After all this time he still had new ideas and was game to try them...
過了這么久，他依然不乏新點子并敢于去嘗試。
He said he's game for a similar challenge next year.
他說他明年還愿意接受類似的挑戰。
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泄露秘密；露馬腳；露餡
If someone or something gives the game away, they reveal a secret or reveal their feelings, and this puts them at a disadvantage.
例句
The faces of the two conspirators gave the game away.
這兩個共謀者的表情泄漏了秘密。
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對…不了解；缺乏經驗
If you are new to a particular game, you have not done a particular activity or been in a particular situation before.
例句
Don't forget that she's new to this game and will take a while to complete the task.
別忘了她缺乏這方面的經驗，完成任務還需要一些時間。
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賣淫；當妓女（或“鴨子”）
If a man or woman is on the game, he or she is working as a prostitute.
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將計就計；以其人之道還治其人之身
If you beat someone at their own game, you use the same methods that they have used, but more successfully, so that you gain an advantage over them.
例句
He must anticipate the maneuvers of the other lawyers and beat them at their own game...
他必須預見到其他律師的策略，并以其人之道還治其人之身，從而打敗他們。
The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game.
警方清楚他們必須將計就計才能逮住那個殺人兇手。
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（某種情況下）常有的事，司空見慣的事
If you say that something is all part of the game, you are telling someone not to be surprised or upset by something, because it is a normal part of the situation that they are in.
例句
For investors, risks are part of the game.
對投資者而言,風險不足為奇。
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不認真對待；耍花招；玩把戲
If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
例句
'Don't play games with me!' he thundered...
“別跟我耍把戲!”他怒吼道。
From what I know of him he doesn't play silly games.
憑我對他的了解，他不會耍滑頭的。
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PHRASE
（通常在壓力下）開始更好表現，干得更出色
If you say that someone has raised their game, you mean that they have begun to perform better, usually because they were under pressure to do so.
例句
The world No. 9 had to raise his game to see off a strong challenge from Dale...
這位世界排名第九的選手必須有更出色的表現才能擊退戴爾強有力的挑戰。
As it expands its services around the continent, the competition it offers should force the other airlines to raise their game.
這家航空公司在整個大陸拓展業務所帶來的競爭會迫使其他航空公司有更好的表現。
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PHRASE
戲該收場了，別再演戲了（指所從事的秘密計劃或活動被揭穿）
If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
例句
Some thought they would hold out until Sunday. The realists knew that the game was already up.
有些人以為他們還能撐到星期天，務實的人卻很清楚，這一切都已結束了。
Noun
1. a single play of a game;
"the game lasted 2 hours"2. a contest with rules to determine a winner;
"you need four people to play this game"3. an amusement or pastime;
"they played word games""he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time""his life was all fun and games"4. animal hunted for food or sport
5. the game equipment needed to play a game;
"the child received several games for his birthday"6. your occupation or line of work;
"he's in the plumbing game""she's in show biz"7. (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win;
"the game is 6 all""he is serving for the game"8. the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
9. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);
"they concocted a plot to discredit the governor""I saw through his little game from the start"10. frivolous or trifling behavior;
"for actors, memorizing lines is no game""for him, life is all fun and games"Verb
1. place a bet on;
"Which horse are you backing?""I'm betting on the new horse"Adjective
1. disabled in the feet or legs;
"a crippled soldier""a game leg"2. willing to face danger